Trade war the u. S. And china are set to sign up which will see beijing in more American Products in return for access to its markets but questions remain over the long running tara fisher and whether they will be lifted washington to any significant extent. Live from our International News center in moscow with a very warm welcome to the program my names you know neal. There is to be a new Prime Minister government in russia and a day of major all people in the countrys political system the president nominated the head of the federal tuck service for the post of pm and all of thats going Prime Minister to me. His government had resigned. Another itself was in response to president putin suggesting amendments to the constitution effectively limiting his own powers and transferring them to parliament i discussed all of that earlier with our correspondent marie if a national starting with more on the premier to be. Saying i mean he was born in 1006 to 6 here in moscow hes married has 3 sons and hes a good hockey player right we know that he has been the head of the Russian Federal tax service as you mentioned for actually many years since 2010 but even before that he has been almost like since 9098 within the tax system you know real estate related things it may sound surprising to some people that someone who i mean we. Would not hear about i mean. Prime minister nominee right now but you have to remember when 20 years ago when putin was appointed as Prime Minister and then president no one actually knew that man and it worked that came out and spent just hours after the entire government resigned what does that actually mean i think there is a very important thing to understand in this situation that whatever this resignation means for russia the country will not find itself in a situation known as. Political vacuum power vacuum because 1st of all we can see how. Minister nominees they already and we hear from state duma that is right now in charge of approving him that they are going to have a special meeting on thursday so no power vacuum and even before like the cabinet is for and the government that just now step down will be in full charge of everything theyre continuing on oh yes yes mr medvedev announced about this resignation earlier on wednesday at the meeting between widely reported in the ministers here how it was. You mr putin colleagues you the address of the russian president Vladimir Putin as president in the major priorities of our work for the upcoming year but he also learned a number of fundamental changes to the constitution of the Russian Federation. These changes when they take place and this will be done after the discussions and as with it they will significantly alter a number of parts of the constitution and change the balance of power the executive the judicial and the legislative powers in this context it is obvious that as the government of the Russian Federation we need to give the president of our country the opportunity to take all the necessary steps and decisions and in this context i believe it would be the right thing to do in accordance with article 117 of the constitution of the Russian Federation for the government to resign just. Do we know what happens him not here of course the 1st of all you have to understand the Dmitry Medvedev has quite a prominent politician here in russia and he has quite an impressive political career he served as the countrys Prime Minister for 18 years since 2012 putin was the president before that for 4 years he was the leader of russia he was the president of the Russian Federation of wild lot more potent was Prime Minister so i mean these 2 used to Work Together for quite some time before that Dmitri Medvedev served as deputy Prime Minister for 3 years and before that he was kremlin teef of stuff and now hes going to have a new position hes moving to the countrys Security Council and put into the countrys legislation the head of the Security Council is the president meaning putting and now mr medvedev will become his deputy in what is important to stress this position didnt exist before today so he will become again like putins right hand he will work with this gentleman side by side just because it has been a few hours ago another be another big story why is it happening if you look at putins public appearances you can notice him in the last lets say 3 months you can notice that he was talking a lot a lot a lot about kind of like. Need for change that is strong in Russia Society right now but todays to seasoned director lee connected to what life might put an earlier wednesday said during his address to the federal assembly and he was talking a lot about amendments specific amends to direction constitution and he had to think on my call it has been following and ill take it we were going to be here where this country is supposed to head 2020 but i can tell you that the russian future it seems way beyond that point was being shaped out here and the manager exhibit hall just outside the kremlin as mr putin was speaking because we heard some really groundbreaking proposals including proposed changes to the russian maine law the russian constitution in fact one of the proposals suggested that the constitution should limit mr putins own powers that have to do with appointing key government ministers and in fact the Prime Minister as well so heres proof of that. According to the constitution of the Russian Federation hes the president needs only the state dumas consent to make official appointments the president appoints the cabinet his deputies and all the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian governments chairman and the chairman suggestion all the deputy Prime Ministers and federal ministers will have to be appointed by the president with the right to reject any candidates another proposal that came from the president was taken out the phrase in a row from the sentence from the constitution that one person could only serve to president ial terms in a row which if the amendments are approved would mean that the situation when for instance mr putin himself were turned to the president ial office after a 4 year break wont repeat itself in raw. In the future the russian leader among other things proposed thats also something very important putting the russian main law thats the constitution once again above International Law in the sense that russia wouldnt be. A part of any International Treaty if it contradicts their washing constitution so all of this is indeed groundbreaking and very important especially in the context of a lot of my putins expected departure after the end of his term from the president ial office and 2024 so it looks like russia and its system of governance is up for a massive revamp mr putin today made it clear that none of this will happen without the approval of the nation so perhaps we should expect some kind of vote on that the nominee for russias Prime Minister. Is credited with having revolutionized the countrys tax system over the past decade dramatically increasing takings hes also worked in other government positions and has been involved in Investment Banking side of politics we spoke to a variety of experts to get some analysis on what has happened other countries reaction on russias future. Well through the prism of major nation media rusher is considered one not even a one party state a one man state complete talk crissy run by Vladimir Putin the matter what he had said no matter what some of the deputies might say in the coming days or even the Election Council as it prepares for a referendum on the constitutional changes announced by Vladimir Putin and mr medvedev they will be watching all this through that prism and be claiming that anything that comes out of moscow is all about a conspiratorial cabal that runs a country as big as russia. It is revolutionary change from this distance i would say that it gives more power to the parliament but it downgrades the importance of the Prime Ministership out the same time it seems to me to invest more power in the national Security Council with mr medvedev going to be the Deputy President of the are and president putin as of course the president of the are and that might go on of these 2 men have been a a kind of by letting duet through the last 20 years in the early or these stability of russia as leadership under its what quality or which is not a separate issue it has been one of the most positive aspect of worlds governance in the 24 century with the prez the put turn Prime Minister medvedev and i was not looking forward to the prez the putin disappearing from the scene in just 40 years time because i think key and medvedev though have a very great deal of what to do and the great deal to offer i think russia east but it changing into no new face of 3rd democracy freedom and now were basis of 1st time when the president limits his old how or this is something we in the nate a control country is not no one at all theyre a president limits its all more and one school let the people decide our the you constitutions it seems at it who t. V. And made a bit earth are agree on this move they dont seem to be angry only each other at all if the op or site they hate each other of call the good were and they can just do in quakes mate elect in you got home and and leave the power back to the people ok to another headline story today told trump on the chinese vice premier and who he signed phase one of a trade deal with the u. S. President calling the move historic it comes after extensive talks aimed at putting an end to a dumb itching 2 year long dispute between the countries are to scale up and can tell us more. Well at the ceremony where the deal was signed launching phase one of the agreement donald trump was rather boastful about this accomplishment this is what he had to say today we take a momentous step one that has never been taken before with china toward a future of fair and reciprocal trade as we saw in phase one of the historic trade deal between the United States and china. Together we are righting the wrongs of the past and delivering a future of Economic Justice and security for American Workers farmers and families i want to thank president xi who is watching as we speak can be going over to china in the not too distant future. Now at the press Conference Donald Trump was very critical of china using language similar to the language hes been using for the past 2 years as the trade war escalated for decades American WorkersFarmers Ranchers manufacturers and innovators have been hurt by the unfair trade with China Forced Technology transfer and intellectual property theft have been huge problems since china joined the World Trade Organization 2 decades ago we have racked up nearly 5 trillion dollars i promise that i would use every lawful president ial power to protect americans from unfair trade and unfair trade practices unlike those who came before me i kept my promise as a result of todays agreements some of the planned tariffs that were going to be imposed on. China have been dropped and others have been lowered however much of the tariffs that have been imposed on china over the past 2 years that cost that basically cover roughly 360000000000. 00 worth of goods most of that remains in effect now the hope is that when phase 2 goes for rid of those tariffs will be dropped but that remains yet to be seen the main source of you know the main part of the u. S. Economy that has been impacted by these tariffs has been the Agricultural Sector theres been significant losses due to the tariffs theres been a significant decreases and the u. S. And Global Markets have certainly been affected as well now when the deal was signed we heard from chinas vice premier and he seemed optimistic but his words werent exactly as glowing as the u. S. President s this is what we heard from the chinese leader. China will work with the u. S. Acting in the principle of equality and Mutual Respect and strictly one of the agreements and ensure the implementation of phase one these agreement thats the cool principle and necessary to ensure mileage will relations sell at this point donald trump is saying this is a huge breakthrough this is the next step forward some are looking on with skepticism i guess well just have to see who gets more out of this deal in the long run. Deep divisions have emerged in the german chancellor as Alliance Party in bavaria with local elections approaching a pool has revealed almost the whole of all people in the region would be against a muslim or many of those oppose are Christian Social Union voters the sister party to england merkel c. D. U. The scandal has seen a muslim come to that resign from the race to to resistance from his own colleagues picking up the story peter all of her. Male role of elections in the german state of bavaria raising questions about islamophobia in the region. A wing of Angela MerkelsRuling Coalition then asahi and had been a candidate for the Christian Social Union but the prospect of a muslim heir sore protest from some Party Members so he is decided to drop out of the running when some party member said they dont want to muslim as a man i was initially disappointed theyre not ready yet i have to accept that they should have clarified that in advance there is no tolerance im very sorry indeed he disappointed. This is hugely embarrassing for the c. S. U. And mr scion feeling he couldnt stand as a candidate based on his faith has drawn sharp criticism from party ground. I think it is fundamentally wrong to exclude a candidate because of his beliefs if you use community to overuse especially at a time when dialogue between the worlds religions is so urgently needed something about must not happen the news that mr sign would be pulling out of the race prompted polling across the state of bavaria which showed that almost every other person would have an issue to some degree with the mayor of their city or community being of the islamic faith with over a quarter saying they would definitely have an issue when the polling data was broken down to voter preference on surprisingly supporters of the anti immigration a. F. D. Overwhelmingly were against the muslim air but just a touch and a half of c. S. U. Voters held the same view the Party Faithful putting out a very different message to that on the bavarian interior ministrys website the ministry run by the Christian Social Union we want a culture of togetherness so that people with foreign roots have the desire and the opportunity to get involved both at work and in the local community then assad says he will continue to support the c. S. U. While senior Party Figures have gone out of their way to show him support the attitude of the grass roots in the Christian Social Union shows that in the conservative state of bavaria at least some germans arent ready or not willing to accept people from the islamic faith representing them in politics that is sure to leave more than a few of the upper echelons in the party red faced at the attitudes of their supporters while germany bills itself as open to multiculturalism peter all over r. T. Early or for another view on this we spoke to Christian Democratic Union member mr maher who has been nominated himself for the bundestag elections he stressed the constitution in germany does not hold back muslim politicians in the country. We need to to only say that to sit today look to talk together sit in one table with a different crowned there is nothing saying or constitution there is no one allowed to have a position in the politics or government if he is up with someone was that nothing could have been like this in order to know what constitution we are bad to very bad it studio and we dont want to put it be this history we are knowledgeable about your country and we need to live war together and there is such a state saw the buy and want to bavaria need to think about it on the it only need to open a discussion now to it for all the people in it and not to make just the selfie of all just that we are 11 country but one is a part of our country and want to see where is next year if not its someone as a politics with the muslim religion we have a lot of people who are that we have a lot of german muslims they are in the Security Service we have been locked up in the borders we are in the military automated events so what is the problem would be the politics we having also local people with a different park arent what you only