I'll trade war concerns escalating Washington and on Wall Street President
Trump now calling out the European Union saying they are just as bad as China in
terms of their trade practices with the US the European Union is possibly as bad
as China just smaller okay it's terrible what they did to us
European Union take a look at the car situation they send them Mercedes in we
can't send our cars and look what they do to our farmers they don't want our
farm products you know in all fairness they have their farmers so they want to
protect their farmers but we don't protect ours and they protect theirs
joining me now former chief of staff to President George HW Bush and former New
Hampshire governor John Sununu who joins us governor good to see you this morning
so obviously we came in on the markets mark is still feeling a lot of
uncertainty and it is causing some concern there the president says the EU
is possibly as bad as China when it comes to this does he have a point well
you have to remember that the EU started as the European Common Market the whole
purpose was to create protectionism policies for their industries and by
that was in 57 bikes by 68 they had built up tariff barriers that were quite
effective and have continued them the president is right that that the trade
imbalance with Europe is primarily a result of differences in terrorists he
really got into the meat of his argument there in this interview with Maria
Bartiromo chaired yesterday morning on Fox News Channel talking about the EU
treating us badly and and treating us quite frankly unfairly and I wonder what
the political implications of this message are he goes further here listen
the European Union last year made if you look at a trade surplus which i think is
a very important thing a hundred and fifty 1 billion dollars I love those
countries Germany in all of the countries Scotland you know you have
Scotland they're still in there they're still hanging in there right we'll see
what happens with brexit right but but they treat us very badly
you know and this was his response to Maria pushing
him on wouldn't it be better to get the support of our allies to go up against
China and this do you see this as a winning message for the president look I
think in the long run the president is a free trader but he does understand that
over the years we have drifted into this horrible position he's using a tactic
that might be different than some of us would use but it is a tactic to get this
process back to a free trade structure both with China and the EU we may not
like this transition and the policies involved in the transition but I think
the target is to get to a free trade policy in the long run and and that's
what I think we ought to be keeping our eye on it seems as if the president not
only is he gonna stick his mess stick to this message but it also it seems
governor that he's doubling down on this is this all just part of the president's
negotiating tactics I think it is and I think the reason for doubling down is to
try and get this thing done quickly I think his feeling right now is on
trades and on trade and tariffs no pain no gain and so what he's trying to do is
remind people that we are very serious about it come to the table negotiate
let's get this done and let's move to a free trade regime and meanwhile the
political implications and you hear even some within its own party sharing
concern over the president's actions or at least as words here Senator Pat
Toomey a Republican weighing in on this listen so far this trade war if it if it
is that and it seems to be heading that way has been of a modest scale it hasn't
done great damage yet but it has the potential to do that I hope is that we
can persuade the president to focus on the real problem on the trade front
that's a pretty fierce warning from not only a Republican from Pennsylvania but
a senator sitting on the Finance Committee really warning of the possible
implications of this well Pat to me is kind of straddling things because his
steel industry in Pennsylvania certainly was a great beneficiary of the tariffs
here so it's it's nice to get the benefits to your constituents and then
talk tough to the president that look the president has a strategy it may
be different than to me would have use it may be different than I would use but
let the president play out his strategy and see if we can't bring these folks
who have imposed house to the table and to negotiate a better trade regime for
the u.s. at this point with the message this fierce from the president we'll see
where this goes but you can see this is likely being a big issue come November
midterms we'll keep watching a governor Sununu thank you thanks Sandra have a
good day and meanwhile in the Middle East the
borders of Israel and Jordan are being flooded with refugees from Syria now
both countries have kept their borders closed they are providing aid and
medical treatment to those who so desperately need it chief news
correspondent Jonathan hunt is live on the border in Israel to tell us more
about this hi Jonathan Erik hi we're on the Golan Heights here
looking over into Syria from the Israeli side of the border it is a increasingly
desperate and potentially dangerous situation 160 thousand refugees have
fled the fighting in southwestern Syria in just the last few days and take a
look at this tent encampment just across the border into Syria a couple of
hundred yards from the border some 5,000 or so I would estimate refugees have
come here looking for safety looking for shelter the Israeli government is
sending aid in the form of tents and medical supplies and food but as you
zoom in here you can see what is a Syrian rebel checkpoint and that is at
the heart of this the seven-year ongoing civil war between the Syrian government
and those rebels the main fighting is taking place right now some 30 miles
from where we're standing in and around the city of Daraa the refugees have fled
that fighting they'd come here the Israeli government says there is no way
they will be allowed to cross this border at any point so you ask the
question why do they still come here anyway the simple answer is they feel
much safer though because the closer they are to the Israeli border the less
likely they assume with good reason that they are to be the targets of Syrian
bombing raids so they all come here and as you look down again on that
encampment it is worth pointing out that neither the Syrian government nor the
Israeli government wants any kind of clash but as the rebels come here - and
this is rebel-held territory you're looking at at some point the Syrian army
as it continues to crush the rebels will have to come here that's when you have
the potential for some sort of accidental clash that's when it becomes
really dangerous and that's why Israel is beefing up its military presence on
this border just yesterday more tanks and troops reinforcements arrived a
message to their own people that this border will not be breached but also a
clear message from the Israeli government to the Syrians Erik that they
they the Syrians should not get too close and they should be very careful
and perhaps above all they should not allow any of the Iranian elements
fighting alongside them in Syria to get anywhere near this border it is a
desperate situation for these refugees it is a potentially dangerous one for
the Middle East and the rest of the world Erik it's amazing standing on the
go line looking out right over at Syria especially considering the really is and
we're just seeing a cross Erik you could just see some smoke across here I'm not
sure if you're still with us but right in front of us that is where the Syrian
government forces are fighting the rebels you can just see the smoke rising
in the distance a demonstration that this R is very much an ongoing civil war
and the fighting creeping closer and closer to the israeli-syrian border and
that is what so is so dangerous for this region and as I say for the rest of the
world Erik that is a vivid and compelling look exactly how close it is
to Israel Jonathan Thank You Sandra well one week from now we will likely no
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decision could reshape the High Court for a generation Judge Andrew Napolitano
is here next and SpaceX one that capsule docking at the International Space
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