Jim Duggan Al Jazeera once more head on the aljazeera news hour including we take a look at the situation in the syrian province of there are one year after rubble surrendered to government backed forces. More than 20 countries signed a letter to the un condemning whats to be chinas mass the tension off were muslims and Serena Williams and to another wimbledon final paper has been actually its. The 1st france has passed a controversial tax bill targeting tech giants the 1st if its type from one of the worlds Major Economies lets get some real care reaction to this and over to Lawrence Taylor with more from our european broadcast answer. Thanks arena yes the 3 percent tax affects Companies Like google apple facebook and amazon and the movers angered the white house u. S. President donald trump has ordered an investigation into the planned tax move that could result in retaliatory terrorists but reports from paris. A show of hands and a display of defiance french senators passed a law ta
Is trade representative said the President Donald Trump had directed the we investigate the effects of this legislation and determine whether it is discriminatory or unreasonable and burdens or restricts United States commerce the u. S. Investigation could lead to washington imposing retaliate tree tariffs on france thats something the french government would want to avoid but theres little doubt that there is a growing sense of frustration amongst many french politicians with trumps approach to international disagreements can we should mr trump threatens everyone in all areas hes become an article amity when you were head of such a power you have a responsibility you dont amuse yourself by threatening states that are as responsible and democratic is france and that seek to the find the sort of regulation needed to address todays new economies so that there can be justice that the European Commission has been pushing for tech firms to abide by. E. U. Competition law rules and pay more
Grasso is back welcome, steve. Thanks for having me. Technology making a move higher thanks in part to the semis. First you have that semi upgrade from Goldman Sachs thats put a flame underneath the whole space. Theyre leading and also have the f. A. N. G. Stocks reporting. Thats what is driving the market action. Does it tell you something about the cyclical leaning. It tells you it gives you the impetus of, hey, what got us there . What is going to be the mainstay people like to keep riding the horse thats delivered the returns and that horse has been tech. Horses are scary. Lets drill down on the big stories were watching a meeting with chip executives will take place. Phil lebeau, a credit warning or boeing and bob pisani are looking at the other moves and seema mody looking at the impact on oil and iran. Ylan, lets start with you. Its expected to get under way in a half hour several of the executives are already here my colleague Kayla Tausche and i have confirmed some companies a
Nyc. Kara fisher is here. Only she can get away with the sunglasses its bright in here yeah, absolutely. We always talk about what the lead is. Yeah. After the first night what is today . Were doing our best, were so sorry well try to improve for most of the Big Companies. I think it was interesting you know, a lot of them are very admitful about the problems theyre having and trying to tend towards solutions and the things that are coming and just wait to see what were going to do it was a lot of im so sorry for a long time the conversation was, boy, mobile is huge hook how fast these Certain Companies are growing. Look how it is changing the world. Look at china. And now will is not so much talk about growth and competition anymore. Right its about youre already big. Yeah. Snou youre innovation is going to be how awe void getting regulated to death or please regulate us we look forward like andy jasy which is a massive company, talking about how he didnt want to get spun off because
And sweden and finland in nato. A strategic defeats for russia, the hello and welcome to the port. Its great to have you with us, our guests this week, alexandra fund, them and heads dw as Brussels Bureau covers, nato and security policy, and has also reported from russia. And its a pleasure to welcome daniel who can do it. She is a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund with a focus on Central Europe and colonel of, of congress to joins us drum virtually from vienna. Shes a Senior Advisor at the Austrian Institute for europe and security policy. So let me begin, if i may, uh, with you, alexandra to formerly neutral nations, join the western alliance. How momentous is the shift . Does it significantly strengthen data . The answer is yes, definitely. Having phillips and so sweet, enjoying nature as a big win for the alliance. When we talk about a sweden, they have a very highly capable armed forces and a geographic situation in proof of natos, a portia in the baltic sea. And of cours