A collapsing currency and u. S. Sanctions getting their hands on foreign money has become difficult now and can help. Im chris colfer in berlin good to have you with us the European Unions chamber of commerce in china is warning businesses to get ready for much more disruption thanks to the coronavirus the cove in 1000 outbreak has forced a lot of companies in china to throttle back production or halted completely and thats having Massive International mark on the facts supply chains are being disrupted by production shutdowns and transport shortages. Now the European Unions black list of tax havens is getting longer brussels says there are now 12 countries helping tax evaders conceal assets from authorities alongside older entries like oman and samoa there are now 4 new additions and those are seychelles. The Cayman Islands and panama now the Cayman Islands all particularly notable here in this post brags that era because they are the 1st british overseas territory to be blacklisted.
Already been the lawyer and those that will follow are part of a new kind of. You they could be the future of. Granting opportunities to lose that matters d. W. Me minds. The devil is in the detail and they opt for the United States and china find spain one of their trade deals Big European Union says it may violate World Trade Organization rules well bring you the latest. Also coming up irony or chivalry on the songs often baby pledges to invent billions in indian businesses the very kind many accuse him company of throwing. On the staving off trouble in paradise pristine beaches of the rich wildlife draw tourists from all over the world to the potential of now they are called to keep visitor numbers out. This is your business im Kate Ferguson welcome a day off to the ceiling of the u. S. China trade deal the European Union has cost doubts over its legality the top trade official has pledged to investigate whether chinas commitment to increase purchases of u. S. Goods by 200000000000.
Rich wildlife throw tourists from all over the world to the seychelles now there are told to keep visitor numbers down and. This new business im paid for it isnt welcome a day after the ceiling of the u. S. China trade deal the European Union has cost dived over its legality the e. U. s top trade official has pledged to investigate whether chinas commitment to increased purchases of us goods by 200000000000. 00 is w t o compatible the bloc says it will mind and legal challenge if it finds violations. There for more on this lets cross right over to financial correspondent jose luis to hire on wall street hi jose its good to talk to you the ink on this deal is barely dry and theyre ready its legality is being called into question what is the e. U. Looking for when it comes through the fine text of this. Well the key component of deal that could be subject to 2 contention as you point out will be due agreement from china to increase imports coming from the us at substantially in regard to
U. S. Troops from iraq immediately. Can you comment on that . Sec. Pompeo he didnt quite characterize the conversation correctly, but to the larger, more important point, we are happy to continue the conversation with iraqis about what the right structure is. Our mission there is very clear. We are there to perform a Training Mission to help the Iraqi Security forces be successful and to continue the campaign against isis. We are going to continue that mission, but as times change and we get to a place where we can deliver upon what i believe in the president believes is our right structure, with fewer resources dedicated to that mission, we will do so. We also have today a nato team here at the state Department Working to develop a plan which gett birding sharing burden sharing right in the region so that we can protect and defend, keep the American People safe, while reducing our cost, our resources, and our burden in the region, as well as the risk to our soldiers and sailors. You s
On plans to withdraw american troops from the region plus. The stand ready to support a medically australias Prime Minister sends more troops to areas facing the devastation from the rapidly spreading wildfires. Tello we begin with the latest fallout from the u. S. Air strike that killed a top iranian general washington has Just Announced a new wave of sanctions on iran that target the countrys steel and Iron Industries in a joint press conference with the u. S. Secretary of state my pompei oh the treasury secretary Stephen Newton said excuse me the 17 new sanctions will cost iran billions of dollars. Pump a also announced sanctions that would hit 8 senior officials that would cripple irans internal security system. We are announcing 17 specific sanctions against irans largest steel and iron manufacturers set 3 seychelles base sent to ds and a vessel involved in the transfer of products as a result of these actions we will cut off billions of dollars of support to the Iranian Regime an