Show feel like youre living in the past well theres a flea market just for you. Welcome to the show. Its good to have you with us the Company Behind video sharing platform ted talk is suing the u. S. Government over a decision to ban the app in the country chinese owned by dance claims the executive orders by President Donald Trump are groundless given the firms Data Protection measures and that the company has had no chance to be heard by dancers currently in discussions with u. S. Companies microsoft and oracle for a sale that would allow tech talk to continue operating in the country. And lets go to our new york our financial correspondent in new york. Yes we talked about this case before everything going on around tech talk theres been an unusual amount of involvement from the u. S. President s including requests for payment should this sale go through to 1. 00 of these 2 companies does tick tock have a case before it. It clearly is highly unusual by the way im standing in front of
Some have moderated a little. We trade at 68 59. Gold went above 1600 an ounce. We come off the high a ten year yield did get to a 170 breaking a trend line that weve been in since september but now down to two basis points on a 180 handle on that. Looking at dollar yen though that comes off a little bit. Unchanged there on that currency pay. European equities in the red but a reasonably muted move also what were seeing in u. S. Future. One point we saw it drop as much as 1. 7 but we recouped ome of those losses. This morning we begin with the retaliation from iran against the u. S. For the killing of its top general. The nation firing a series of missiles at Iraqi Air Bases Housing u. S. Troops. The escalation coming hours after President Trump says the u. S. Was totally prepared for an attack. Irans foreign minister saying tehrans is retaliation. It adds it isnt looking for war but will defend itself. Also this morning shortly after takeoff a boeing 737 bound for ukraine crashing in
Its going to be the case this year too as much as we all like to talk about the changing world order the americans are still commanding everybodys attention and our enemy well absolutely that the us for the us domestic politics the. Stalemate that exists there is i think one of the most important problems of International Relations because it paralyzes us for informal so big a signal it becomes the result of the domestic fight. You know these jewel provides this other global problems because the u. S. Is still the most powerful country in the world but instead of fixing other problems. Its approach towards this problems becomes the result of the domestic interplay which of course does nords contributes to the stability will govern the bill. See in the world speaking about this interview and others you believe that not much will come on from this impeachment proceedings in terms of the intended goal then and likely to take down but do you think they may actually work the other way aroun
Year after year those issues take a back seat to the twists and turns of the american politics and im pretty sure its going to be the case this year too as much as we all like to talk about the changing world order the americans are still commanding everybodys attention and our enemy well absolutely. The u. S. For in the u. S. Domestic politics the. Stalemate that exists there is i think one of the most important problems of International Relations because it paralyzes us for inform us a big signal it becomes the result of the domestic fight. Secondly you know these jewel provisos of the global problems because the the u. S. Is still the most powerful country in the world but instead of fixing other problems. Its approach towards this problems becomes the result of the domestic interplay which of course does not. Buttes to the stability or govern the ability in the world speaking about this interplay and others you believe that not much will come on from this impeachment proceedings in
Well welcome to worlds apart according to karl marx history repeats itself 1st this tragedy 2nd this far but in the case of american politics its fast turning into a sitcom not only the characters but even the situations remain invariably locked up another gave this time ukraine gave taking over washington is there still a chance of ever moving it has on the worlds. Problems well to discuss that im now joined by the meat that is so slow of Deputy Director of the center for comprehensive european and International Studies at the Higher School of economics in moscow miter its good to talk to you thank you very much for your time hello nice to meet you now we are recording this conversation on the sidelines of the Discussion Forum which was set up as a serious academic platform to deal with the issues of global importance in the year after year those issues take a back seat to the twists and turns of the american politics and im pretty sure its going to be the case this year to as much as