counterproductive counterargument to that one is ok that s very self-serving germany is one of the major trading partners of russia and so they re willing to sacrifice a political goals for the sake of economic goals the u.s. is also impose tariffs on imports of european steel and aluminum you know the e.u. has responded in kind of the trumpet administration says it s considering imposing terrorists on european cars arguing that e.u. tariffs on imports from the u.s. higher overall and the other way around frank spartina interprets the u.s. position as in a nutshell negotiate or out i would not necessarily call president trump protectionist stick he is quite willing to use tariffs and other economic sanctions and methods to achieve his goals but his stated goal
does not impose tariffs on european steel and alum india the leaders are meeting with their balkan counterparts in bulgaria at a summit that is a stance of believe about fostering closer ties between the balkan region and the european union but the growing rift between the e.u. and the us appears to be overshadowing developments. now shortly after she arrived to some a german chancellor angela merkel said the e.u. still plans to support the iran agreement even though washington has abandoned the deal. we also discussed the topic of iran and the iran nuclear deal everyone in the european union says the opinion that the deal is not perfect but that we should remain in it and based on that we should conduct further negotiations with iran on other subjects such as the ballistic missile program. most people and so our correspondent barbara visit is at the summit in sofia and