Captain. Yes the progress. Of the curtain has come down on day one of the g 20 summit in japan its been a day with plenty of positives as well after the leaders got quickly down to business heres just a few of the highlights. One of the most important events those talks between Vladimir Putin and donald trump of course it was the 1st time 2 leaders had met since the publication of the report on interference in the 2016 u. S. President ial election healy up the trunk who has the latest. The big fat serious agenda of the talks between donald trump and Vladimir Putin didnt stop the 2 leaders from enjoying a few light hearted moments despite the delight but they did state of relationships between washington and moscow donald trump as it seemed tried to do his best to lighten up the mood he was seeing tapping Vladimir Putin on the shoulder while they were walking towards the podium for the traditional g. 20 family photo ceremony but when they ended up in the room for the formal talks the jo
Agreement i think they have no respect for the man i think theyre just trying to figure him out and i think we dont know whats going to come come out of the meeting and frankly whatever he does i dont think it has much meaning to the other World Leaders is america still viewed as the leader of the world if not why and which country or leader and well theres no real leadership right now and so theres a huge void created by donald trump if we have treaties that we dont agree to honor we lose our credibility if we decide to have an bar goes against certain countries. And theyve been buying our product and all of a sudden now they cant buy our product theyre not going to buy our products if they cant trust us to honor our agreements our commitments then we cant be the leader of the free world we cant be a leader in the world so who is the leader right now who are his main players on there are no you know we have empowered china we have empowered russia. Ironically by the way weve acted and
Just gone 5 am hit and must go out of the wind well thanks choosing autumns national welcome. Europe and russia should return to a normal relationship without sanctions thats the joint message from the conference of lodgement. Talking about the harm to the economy by those restrictions it is probably even an emotional touch. Because you may approach the time the sanctions could be lifted or extended im always sad because so much could be achieved and the situation could be so much bits well it was no secret that the euro skeptic forces currently in power here and rome are no big fans of europes anti russian sanctions to say the least but as youve heard Prime Minister contes message is getting more loud and more clear especially when hes Standing Shoulder to shoulder with the russian president who once again reminded about the enormous amounts of cash that both sides were losing just because of this sanctions war. In 2012 we had a trade to no good 450000000000. 00 now its 207. 00 to do
Censors conservative view. Documents weve obtained it raised serious questions about whether these companies are neutral platforms for publishers with an editorial agenda. Watching or 2 international bring your line news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. First we start with breaking news this hour as wiki leaks cofounder Julian Assange will not face a full u. S. Extradition hearing until february of next year a protest against his possible extradition is currently under way in front of westminster my guest rates court in london stateside songe faces more than 175 years in prison for publishing classified documents we go straight now to our tease saudia edwards dusty for more on this shes outside the courthouse for us. What is happening there right now. Well it really was crunch time for you in the sun just this extradition request was being hurt here at Westminster Magistrates Court though he was given a glimmer of hope he will not face the full extradition
Has a stronger hand right now mr trump origin thing and why well ok if i were in you know if our if im shooting paying i think i have the upper hand ive got an economy a controlled economy that frankly the Chinese Government has a greater ability to manipulate including with their currency to make adjustments for any economic downturns but i frankly think both are potential losers in this free and fair trade is a concept that helps both countries and its important understand look weve had large trade imbalances with china for a long period of time there are certainly concerns about access to their markets intellectual Property Protection these are all legitimate concerns that have been raised by previous president s but how you address them and whether a bilateral trade war which is whats happening right now with escalating tariffs is really the best thing whether for the u. S. Government or a. U. S. Economy or u. S. Consumers so trump has eliminated some of the tariffs right hes taken