The worlds biggest Trade Blocs is deepening with china announcing new tariffs on Brandy Imports from the european unIon. It follows last Weeks DecisIon by the eu to push ahead with Import Taxes of its own on Electric Vehicles from china. Last Year China imported about 1. 8bn of brandy from the eu with the vast majority coming from france. From Friday Companies that import will have to pay a tariff of up to 39 to the chinese government after they decided their own producers were being unfairly harmed. It follows the eu pushing ahead with tariffs of up to 45 of chinas Electric Vehicles which it says have benefitted unfairly from government help. Last Year Trade between the Eu And China was worth about 811 BillIon after it fell last year. With more tarfffs under consideratIon, it could fall further. Im joined now by Dr Deborah elms, head of Trade Policy at the Hinrich FoundatIon in singapore. It describes itself as a philanthropic organizatIon that works adavance sustainable trade. So the
this is bbc news, the headlines seven people are injured in a car ramming and knife attack in tel aviv, as un agencies voice alarm at the scale of israel s military operation in the west bank. the fighting is continuing. gunfire the crowd are scattering down there. seven people are injured in a car ramming and knife attack in tel aviv, as un agencies voice alarm at the scale of israel s military operation in the west bank. the uk metropolitan police reopen their investigation into potential breaches of covid rules at an event at conservative headquarters in the winter of 2020 un says countries should prepare for extraordinary weather event as el nino climate effect, as the natural phenomenon has begun the united nations has warned countries to start preparing for the effects of an el ni o weather event. the world meteorological organisation says the naturally occuring phenomenon has begun. it involves warmer water rising to the surface of the pacific ocean, pushing heat into
jonathan charles is back with us geopolitical insight advisor, specialising in russia and the countries around it and a former bbc correspondent in moscow and ukraine markets in moscow and ukraine quick to react and no surprise markets quick to react and no surprise that the rouble has sunk. it surprise that the rouble has sunk. . , , ., ., sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several weeks - sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several weeks and - well for several weeks and months and it was inevitable with uncertainty and that is what we have with russia now, it has exacerbated a trend and we have seen that fall in the rouble. untilwe we have seen that fall in the rouble. until we know what is going to happen, can vladimir putin reassert that sense of strongman rule which at least is certainty, it may not be very nice, but at least it is certainty, then there will be questions about the economy, about the roub
captions by vitac www.vitac.com good evening, everyone. i m tom king in for alisyn camera at that. debt ceiling drama. we re closer to a debt ceiling deal, closer but not there yet. janet yellen gave them four more days, and we ve got a ways to go. even if they make a deal tomorrow morning, can they get it done in time? plus, can a trump-like candidate beat donald trump? that s the question, as ron desantis gets his campaign in high gear. the florida governor not being shy at all about taking on the former president, ripping him on the border of all things, calling him a big spender, and lasting his covid policies. i don t know what happened to donald trump. this is a different guy today than what he was running in 2015 and 2016. and i think the direction he s going with the campaign is the wrong direction. no other republican in the trump era has been able to walk that tight rope. can ron desantis? here s a sobering thought this memorial day weekend. whenever you
breaking transparency rules over his dealings with former russia launches a new wave of air strikes against cities across ukraine leaving at least 19 people killed. and pope francis is in hungary for one of the most politically sensitive trips of his papacy. in the past he has criticised the country for its immigration policies. hello and welcome to the programme, i am maryam moshiri. in sudan, the crisis continues as the army and of the rival paramilitary groups are accusing each other of breaking the extended ceasefire. it comes as thousands of people, sudanese and of many other nationalities including britons, continue to attempt to flee the country. there has been fighting in the capital khartoum as well as in the capital khartoum as well as in the capital khartoum as well as in the darfur region. the world health organization has warned war is having a catastrophic impact with medical staff and patients unable to reach facilities. and as people continue to flee, some hav