look good, so what are we going to do about europe? well, i don t know what we will do about europe, they have to help themselves but the fact is that they are part of the global economy, i mean, the president sometimes conveys idea that trade is not important, trade is essential for the growth of these nations and europe and just this week it was reported that the united kingdom s economy contracted in the second quarter for the first time since 2012, it was a surprising number, not expected, meanwhile germany is slowing down, france and italy as well, yes, they should be doing labor reforms inside the economies but president trump has targeted germany with possible tariffs on their autos as well and this is coming contractionary effect and, yeah, it s a long way to the election in november 2020, but if something else doesn t go onto lift the global economy and if trade suppresses it, the president could be in a politically tough spot by that
look good, so what are we going to do about europe? well, i don t know what we will do about europe, they have to help themselves but the fact is that they are part of the global economy, i mean, the president sometimes conveys idea that trade is not important, trade is essential for the growth of these nations and europe and just this week it was reported that the united kingdom s economy contracted in the second quarter for the first time since 2012, it was a surprising number, not expected, meanwhile germany is slowing down, france and italy as well, yes, they should be doing labor reforms inside the economies but president trump has targeted germany with possible tariffs on their autos as well and this is coming contractionary effect and, yeah, it s a long way to the election in november 2020, but if something else doesn t go onto lift the global economy and if trade suppresses it, the president could be in a politically tough spot by that
french economy and banish the image of labor strikes and a 35-hour workweek? well, france still has a long way to go to become a vibrant tech hub. macron has made progress, but the company does need more reforms including labor reforms. it also needs a broader cultural innovation. initiatives like station f and a lot more like them could be the start of a revolution. next on gps, how to take on donald trump and his republican party as they prepare for battle in 2020. should the democrats court the senseless or move to the left? the great debate when we come back. don t forget if you miss a show go to cnn.com/fareed for a link to my itunes podcast.
need to be given him or. one of those with no protection is dobbie calvo he s paying close attention to spain s changing political landscape the law school graduate sees himself as a victim of the previous government s labor reforms. given the i had a full time permanent position but thanks to the labor market reforms made by the conservative government i m now out on the street for years calvo has drifted from short term contract to short term contract some of them as short as five days and the best case scenario he earns eight hundred fifty euros a month he s currently unemployed and hopes the new government can improve the situation. i don t know but i would love to have a real job with real workers rights. i want to put an end to this temporary job one where i m working here today and who knows where tomorrow. economists are
have to see exactly what kind of concessions north korea is willing to make what united states is willing to make and there s also the issue of trust we ve just seen that this meeting between a key u.s. ally south korea with the north you would generally expect to see the united states there side by side with south korea in a message of support and instead we see this surprise meeting between south korea and the north without the united states involvement it s going to be a matter of making sure that the united states actually has a say in these negotiations and that they don t see china north korea and south korea for example cutting some kind of deal without their involvement ok clear many thanks for that clear richard washington correspondent. and we re going to turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world in france thousands of trade unionists have again demonstrated against the labor reforms of president in one year in my car but attendance at today s protes