Hello they are watching r. T. International armor is on a lock would welcome to the program. But this baghdad says it is someone in the Us Ambassador over the latest airstrikes on iraq and syria that killed 25 people iraq Officials Say they were not able to prevent the attack with their objections being ignored by washington. I said this was a very dangerous matter and asked to discuss it face to face with the responsible parties not only by phone he said the decision has been made and i am informing you of this. After the attack hundreds of protesters gathered on the streets of the iraqi capital they condemned the u. S. s try some expressed support for the militia who were bombed u. S. Special representative for iraq brian hoke has defended the operation system it was meant to tell reign and aggression on. The u. S. State department has defended the decision to conduct air strikes in iraq and syria saying that this was done to deter the influence of iran in the region now 25 people we
Know that that can hurt them as it has but they also know that it hurts mr trumps reelection bid because it hurts manufacturing farmers and others so the bit bottom line is its a theater driven by the calculus mr trumps calculus how much does the theater gain me and the how much does the theater lose me and what every resigned this coming week it will be overwhelmed by how that calculus shifts between now and election day next nor the november but if the chinese side decides to sign something that they simply cant deliver on because these are impossible benchmarks to fulfill all of us we said then wouldnt it just be a question of if not when then like how chinese will default in the socalled agreements. I think this is a bit more complicated the chinese understand that they get some real immediate advantages tariffs that were set to go into effect wall now thats been agreed to tariffs that were imposed in september are going to be either eliminated or removed its still true that half o
Lends a 2nd hand to break down this and other major developments in the euro zone and later 2019 has been a shining year for gold as the price has jumped on economic turmoil david mcilvaine financial help us dig into the sector and how its been competing against other asset we have so much to get to today lets go. Stocks are falling across the board from their all time highs monday the penultimate trading day of the year equities have enjoyed a strong December Santa rally and Oil Prices Continue to trade higher on china u. S. Optimism the pullback today is most likely due to the fact markets are in the midst of a liquidity and news desert during those final few days of the year chinese vice premier and top negotiator leo ho will visit washington this week where he is expected to sign phase one of the agreement however a political concerns continue to bubble in the background as neither side has released any specific details of the trade agreement and no text has been released while the
A year ago. Hello there good afternoon you with r. T. International our top story hundreds of tried to storm and set fire to the u. S. Embassy in Baghdad Embassy staff including the ambassador have reportedly been evacuated from the compound it all comes after American Bombing raids in iraq and syria killed 25 funerals for some of the victims were held earlier on tuesday in the iraqi capital with mourners there marching to the embassy. I was i was i was. I. Was well earlier baghdad had summoned the u. S. Ambassador over sundays airstrikes the u. S. Hit 5 targets belonging to get tired hizbollah its an armed group that emerged after the us invasion of iraq and has repeatedly targeted American Forces is also one of the main shia groups fighting against Islamic State in both iraq and syria according to the u. S. The bombing raids were in retaliation for fridays rocket strike on the code base in iraq which killed one American Contractor and no group claimed responsibility for that but the
Dragging this phase one out for a long time a signing ceremony translations legal scrubs more and more fluff trickling little bits of information every single day to give the markets an illusion of progress but is this thing actually going to get signed i mean multiple analysts have already came out and said that the benchmark exports set by the u. S. Are simply unfeasible as they have exceeded that of 2017 why would china agree to Something Like that. Well i think for the chinese its a question of gaining time for them this entire sauce started with the initiative of mr trump its political theater weve said for a long designed to make mr trump appear for his reelection bid as the protector of the United States making the charlie knees and for that matter everybody else in the world give the United States a better deal beating up on the foreigners for cheating thats as old as methuselah in the world of politics. Next and mr trump is trying it again the chinese know that that can hurt t