summit in japan, perhaps a chance to strike a deal. eric: eric and we ll certainly be seeing what develops. david, thank you. arthel: the trade standoff also playing out on the campaign trail. francesca chambers, white house correspondent for the daily mail. hi. good morning. arthel: did president trump lose props for his highly self-touted trade negotiating acumen for going after canada and mexico first on aluminum and steel or the way he handled that deal overall and now the slow-dragging trade a talks with china that are now at an impasse? well, arthel, but he still has more than a year before the general election, and that s important to remember. while democrats have more than 20 candidates right now, and they re all angling to get out in front, president trump can mostly just coast, so to speak, until that general election on this topic. is so he has a full year at least to make a deal with china, and it looks as if it could take
a half trillion euros in debt mainly from lenders in paris and frankfurt some analysts fear this will be the carnal for the next european banking crisis. and the trade standoff between the usa and the e.u. is adding to jitters the e.u. has tariffs ready to go on a total of twenty billion euros worth of u.s. goods should trump act on his threats to impose punitive tolls on european cars that would hit jeremy the hardest by europe has been wholly focused on the brics it mess for months now these issues have fallen through the cracks. meeting he s the chief economist. and joins us now. all we hear is briggs it breaks it breaks it what are the challenges is you re facing right now and does it need to focus on. well brooks it is indeed the biggest near term challenge and if one breaks it goes wrong then the recession risk in europe would rise beyond the
accomplished whatever they think is important for their lives i do feel that they do that yes. the economy softening up a bit slowing down a little bit the show is that a challenge to president trump s probably did his own sense that he s the right person to to manage the economy to reinvigorate the economy because that s that s where the next election will probably be decided absolutely and that s why his his strategy here particularly on trade and the trade standoff with china it has yet to play out and if it plays out in his favor meaning if china actually makes concessions if the europeans make concessions then you know he will have one right now it s not looking very good because the american economy is slowing down a bit still growing much you know in a much stronger pace than most of the european economy is but i think that you know it s probably be a few few months before we know where that goes but there are signs that you know
accomplished whatever they think is important for their lives i do feel that they do that yes. the economy softening up a bit slowing down a little bit the shutdown is not a challenge to president trump s probably didn t his own sense that he s the right person to steward to manage the economy and to reinvigorate the economy because that s that s where the next election will probably be decided absolutely and that s why his his strategy here particularly on trade and the trade standoff with china it has yet to play out and if it plays out in his favor meaning if china actually makes concessions if the europeans make concessions then you know he will have one right now it s not looking very good because the american economy is slowing down a bit it s still growing much you know at a much stronger pace than most of the european economy is but i think that you know it s probably be a few months before we know where that goes but there are signs that you know he s
accomplished whatever they think is important for their lives i do feel that they do that. well here the economy softening up a bit slowing down a little bit the shutdown is not a challenge to the president trumps probably didn t his own sense that he s the right person to steward to manage the economy and to reinvigorate the economy because that s that s where the next election will probably be decided absolutely and that s why his his strategy here particularly on trade and the trade standoff with china it has yet to play out and if it plays out in his favor meaning if china actually makes concessions if the europeans make concessions then you know he will have one right now it s not looking very good because the american economy is slowing down a bit still growing much you know at a much stronger pace than most of the european economy is but i think that you know it s probably be a few a few months before we know where that goes but there are signs that you know he s