demands a match in some way. is likely not to be able to push through her policies and if that is the case she may have to fire her interior minister from bavaria and that would lead probably to the collapse of the government so there is a real chance that this could happen but at the moment we still have to wait and see at the moment we can say that this is in fact the case here it was bronze in berlin max hope and in brussels thank you to both of you meantime concern about the state of germany s economy is growing and helen hunt for has the story that s right sorry very much seems that the german economy will be facing some headwinds this year and now the economic research institute if i recently come gemini s twenty eighteen grateful calls to one point eight percent down from two point six percent committed escalating trade skirmish between the united states and the european union. it s been a tricky year for germany twenty eighteen began with an economic growth slowdown
approach. but i believe the whistle should have been blown on china long ago. however, we also of course are involved in a trade skirmish that could lead to a war with our friends and allies, and this is one of the things i greatly worry about. you know, this idea that we re america and we re tough and all you just suck it up and we re going to do what we want to do, brooke, what people have to realize is that the free trade, the economic cohesion between our friends and allies around the world, the fact that we were able to work with them on many different issues, whether it s the environment, whether it s defense strategy, whatever it is, it s preserved the peace for 70 years. on the russia investigation, governor kasich, we know there s another undisclosed meeting between the trump advisers and the russians, the most recent of the roger stone meeting, that s 14 russians that met with trump
because everyone watching has a smartphone and doesn t need a new one. you are certainly talking about consumers not just in america but around the world. it has a large cash ward, and the president of course met with tim cook obviously, they took up the china issue because obviously apple has a lot riding on china success. what did you make of that. with tim cook meeting with apple, apple has a lot riding. they have lots of phones they could make in china that they could make in america. fox con is only the number five smartphone manufacturer in china. they still face the same sort of hurdles that american companies face and i m sure tim cook said, listen. i want you to cut a good deal, we don t have an extended trade skirmish. but we want this open to more than just ourselves.
biggest most material story of today in politics. which is this it looks like the trade skirmish is cranking its way to a trade war. these never turn out well. we have economic history to prove that. take agriculture. soybean and pork was of the ten largest producing states, nine of them are republican. including iowa. site of the early caucuses. metal bending states like michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, the states the president was able to, frankly find his victory from narrowly are being targeted. if in escalates, american consumers are paying more. the free trade republican party is now stand for protectionism which is disturbing a lot of us and cost american jobs. so it s bad for the country, forget the politics if it spirals it will hurt the president. how much time do we have? i want to play this. i want to play this. this is. sure. what paul ryan said in 2016
well, if the i think the economy a lot of that depends on the economy, right? and we ll see. i got to get to othership china slapping the $3 billion of tariffs on 120 u.s. products in retaliation to the president s tariffs. i want to you look at this. china revenge move so far targeted products made in the heartland states which of course is home to many trump voters. and what point do you think they ll push back against in? or will they? well this is interesting. in some whiches i think it s the biggest most material story of today in politics. which is this it looks like the trade skirmish is cranking its way to a trade war. these never turn out well. we have economic history to prove that. take agricultural. soybean and pork was of the tarj