access problems. but there s a lot of disagreement amongst people we speak to is that tariffs are not the way to fix that problem. and now there are fears that this trade spat has become a trade war and it could get worse from here. matt rivers, cnn, beijing. matt, thank you. hours before fragile cease-fire was set to begin in afghanistan for the eid holiday, a u.s. drone strike may have complicated the graemts. the precision strike killed the leader of the pakistani taliban who was in charge of the attack on t on malala yousafzai. reporter: an extremely important target. at an extremely sensitive time. the leader of pakistan s taliban killed by a u.s. drone strike on wednesday, just inside afghanistan. hitting fazlulal a little more
axios, mike allen. mike allen, good morning to you zwlxt happy friday to you. talk to us about axios one big thing. axios one instagram big thing. one big thing, trump s i mean it moment on china. president trump who is expected to announce tariffs on china. this is putting into effect what he threatened before and this is right after the u.s. asking china for help with north korea. but if you look at what trump has said over months, years, even decades for 30 years. the one thing that trump has been consistent about is that he thinks the u.s. is being ripped off and he thinks the u.s. should fight back and today is the start of that. stirring the pot, taking a trade spat, moving it toward a trade war. but our sources say the president has no hesitation about disrupting the global economy to do something that
now it looks like it s getting a pass. what we re seeing as we see the trade deal being worked out making big concessions to settle this trade spat. the wall street journal reporting that the deal could wind up lifting a ban that keeps u.s. companies from selling components and software to this smartphone company zte, it s something the chinese company said would put it out of business. this ban was punishment for violating u.s. sanctions. in return china may review over a billion dollars in tariffs on u.s. farm products but the thing is beyond the trade benefits there are these national security concerns about zte itself. the pentagon even banned sales of zte phones being sold on military bases because of these worries that zte could use its equipment to spy on the u.s. zte sells smartphones and other equipment all over the world, including the u.s. and the concern is is that equipment could be hacked. so this morning, we see senator marco rubio tweeting this, he s
would be the second for the u.s. america is in a trade spat with china. each side is threatening the other with billions in tariffs. president trump s nominee for veterans affairs secretary was scheduled to have his senate confirmation hearing tomorrow. sources tell cnn that is likely to be postponed in light of allegations against the white house physician ronny jackson. the committee members have been told about claims of improper conduct at various stages of his career. none of the senators would reveal specifics. there is no plan to withdraw his nomination. last minute flip by senator rand paul paved the way for mike pompeo s nomination to get out of committee. without senator paul s support, the cia director would be the first not to get a favorable vote. senator paul explaining his change of heart. i have changed my mind. i decided to vote for director
macron will try to temper the america first policies for trump. the steel and aluminum tariffs, but some countries have exemption. that is unless macron and merkel can persuade trump this week. merkel heads to washington on friday. the eu wants permanent exemptions. if not, the eu threatens tariffs on $7.9 billion of u.s. exports. denim and peanut butter and motorcycles. and this battle with europe would be the second for the u.s. america is in a trade spat with china. each side is threatening the other with billions in tariffs. president trump s nominee for veterans affairs secretary was scheduled to have his senate confirmation hearing tomorrow. sources tell cnn that is likely to be postponed in light of