prime minister rishi sunak is aiming to finalise a deal with brussels on post brexit northern ireland trade rules early this week some speculate as soon as tomorrow. government officials held talks with their counterparts in brussels on sunday in a bid to overcome some of the detail that is currrently unpallatable to some politicians in northern ireland. the so called northern ireland protocol has split political opinion since its inception in 2021. it is the trade deal that was agreed to ensure the free movement of goods across the irish land border after brexit. what do business leaders based in northern ireland think about these latest developments? joining me now is roger poland, head of the federation of small businesses northern ireland good to talk to you again. are you hopeful, are you with those who are domestic and think a deal could done this week? we are deal could done this week? - are hopeful of a deal being done this week and the last miles of the race are
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north korea test fires two ballistic missiles into the sea of japan. south korea calls it a grave provocation. the head of the world trade organization has warned against protectionism between major trading powers. it comes after europe unveiled a new policy to support its green industry, pitching itself against the us, which has offered billions of dollars in subsidies and tax credits for those building its green infrastructure. ngozi okonjo iweala was speaking to our business correspondent sameer hashmi. first of all let me say that of course protectionism is not something we like at the wto, something we like at the wto, so we but, let me also say that the wto rules are supportive of
skirmishes with india and its expansion of influence in the indian ocean. so i think all those developments really means securities likely to be top of their minds when these four leaders meet in the white house on friday. michael? and all four major trading powers with china trying to reign in. steven, thanks so much. good to see you, steven jiang there. well, heavy rain created flooderieses for parts of the u.s. northeast. the latest on the dangerous weather conditions. people are facing millions of them when we come back.
in addition to the president making news on the upcoming summit in singapore, he also slapped tariffs on three of america s biggest trading powers. here was president trump. if you take the european union and you see the kind of tariff they charge and then we don t, that s called not fair trade. i want fair trade. i like free trade but i want fair trade. at a minimum i want fair trade. and we re going to have it for our workers and for our companies. and you know what? the other side understands it. to be honest with you, they cannot believe they ve gotten away with this for so many decades. reporter: some of our closest allies are complaining loud, what do you say they re our allies, but they take advantage. i love canada, i love mexico. i love them. but mexico is making over $100