talking about and how it is applied. canada is the biggest supplier and brazil and mexico and russia, and so forth. you know china is not on the top ten. the country of the united states where the president said so many years is not being a fair trading partner out there. another global issue now, the u.s./france and germany is demanding the start. president trump spoke with the french president and angela merkel all agreed that the syrian government must the resolution has not stopped the bomb from falling.
with the president in palm beach florida. let s talk about it with our professor of international politics at city university in london. thank you so much for joining us. welcome. let s begin with our personnel dilemma of his son-in-law had his security downgraded. should he step aside? well, the problems began about possible meddling by russia of the election have moved far away from that. they are investigating quite legitimate concerns about the business interests of key people, very close to the president. i think that basically violates a large number of ethical concerns. a concern of conflict of interests. these are the kinds of concerns that parades of hillary clinton and many democrats before her as
nothing. but, organizations have nearly 200 countries. they cannot move that fast so the trump s organization is moving aggressively. the president likes to see his financial markets go up on wall street. financials and markets don t like trade deals. it does not help those that work in other manufacturing as well. so it is not a simple equation and you see the response from europe and other countries including canada. we have seen the response of the markets as well. john, standby, let s bring in matt now in china. europe is targeting popular products here in the united states. in china, what does this mean for that economy? will it make an impact there or not? > no. the short answer is not to the
george howell. i am natalie allen. newsroom starts now. our top story, if the u.s. follows through of tariffs. countries around the world are planning the way how to retaliate targeting u.s. products. it all started when president trump made these surprise announcements. the u.s. impose 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum thach, that spa talk of a trade war and a tweet from the president. mr. trump said trade wars are good.
but, he refuses to back down, denying those charges. benjamin netanyahu has the support of his government with key political partners saying they still back it but they ll wait for the attorney general whether to indict the prime minister, a process that could take months. cnn, jerusalem. the oscars are on sunday. beat the odds to make it. what are the chances of taking home the top prize? we ll take a look here. will the real president please stand up for his tweet? trump verses baldwin, we ll have that story ahead. stay with us.