Recalliating against u.s. steel and lum numb tariffs bay slapping its on penalties on american imports. europe may hit back harder. canadian government imposing tariffs on u.s. exports worth% than $12 billion. more than 40 u.s. steel products will face tariffs of 25%. 8 other american products to havy, coffee beans and strawberry jam will be tariffed 10%. the commission is warning that nearly $300 billion worth of u.s. goods could be affected by count measures if the trump administration goes ahead with tariffs on imported cars and imported car parts. joining me now, assistant editing manager for fortune magazine. people have been discussing for weeks how we are entering trade war territory. when a country is imposing $300 billion worth of tariffs in the not lost in the wash. are we in a trade war?
Every one. and, really delicate issues with each and every one. it s a really full schedule. nine bilateral meetings with president xi of china, you had the meeting yesterday with the south korean and japanese on the north korea issue. you have to prepare extensively. you have to know exactly what you want out of these meetings. they re short. you have to be able to express your views. get that feedback and keep that process moving. the challenge here is the administration is not filled out in its senior positions. we have not developed those policies so it s high stakes without the preparation and the policy objectives to get that hard work done. if this is very difficult. and the media focus on this putin meeting just to pick up on a point that david mentioned earlier. president putin does havy in levera the leverage here. he s going to exploit the weaknesses he sees and the
The picture is really bad and speaks a thousand words. where do his hands go in pictures 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 while she sleeps. sarah must havy is joining us now. what s behind the selective silence by the president? it is a little bit bizarre that the president has not weighed in on roy moore. he dodged questions on the issue and the white house made clear the president feels like alabama voters need to make a decision and it s not up president to suggest he step aside, but we saw the tweet on al franken. it inserts the president in a very partisan way on an issue that has really crossed to the partisan divide. of course across multiple industries throughout the united states. it is a little bit bizarre to see the president out here only commenting on allegations against a democrat while staying silent on a republican who is in the middle of a hotly contested senate race.