News. Views. Hughes - June 17, 2019 (17:00 ET)

India retaliates against US tariffs and ‘special protections’

Former USTR official Steve Gill joins Sara Montes de Oca (in for News.Views.Hughes) to discuss India’s retaliatory tariffs against the US following Washington’s revocation of its special status as a preferred trading partner. He argues that “real slowdowns in the Chinese economy” are putting pressure on Beijing to come to a deal with Washington. 

Iran to increase uranium stockpile as US considering ‘all options’

Iran has announced that it will increase its enriched uranium stockpile to exceed the limits set by the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. The announcement intensified the already soaring tensions between Washington and Tehran following the attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, which the Trump administration has blamed on Iran. RT America’s John Huddy has the details for News.Views.Hughes.

US citizens of Chinese decent targeted amid trade war

Investigative journalist Ben Swann joins News.Views.Hughes to discuss the growing number of Chinese nationals in the US who’ve come under scrutiny and even been fired from elite research positions in the US due to claims that they could illegally share medical research with China.