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Raping the american economy and saying that it was entirely one-sided. chris jansing joins me now, covering this for us. chris, why the turnaround? >> reporter: well, if you want to listen to the secretary of state, because he was asked about it, he said, it might have been tongue in cheek, suggesting that the point he was trying to make is that this isnt just about president xi. this is something that happened in previous administrations, that his predecessor, previous american administrations,...

They want to take your throat out. they want to cut you apart. these are tough people. we give state dinners to the heads of china. say why are you doing state dinners for them? theyre ripping us left and right. the biggest evaluation in two decades -- two decades. you know what devalue means. devalue means suck the blood out of the united states. >> msnbc senior national correspondent chris jansing is live in beijing. chris, whats the word on why the president took a softer tone? >> reporter: y...

And my representatives was excellent. discussing north korea. and i do believe there is a solution to that, as you do. discussing trade with the united states. knowing that the united states really has to change its policies. they have gotten so far behind on trade with china. and frankly with many other countries. i have great respect for you because you are representing china. its too bad that past administrations allowed it to get so far out of kilter. but, we will make it fair. it will be tr...

Deficit. our trade deficit with china. trump made the comments earlier today in the speech to business leaders, he said trade between the two countries was unsided and unfair, but he blamed past u.s. presidents for the disparity. >> i dont blame china. who can blame a country for being a able to take advantage of another country for the benefit of its citizens? i give china great credit. i do blame past administrations for allowing this out of control trade deficit to take place and to grow. pre...

Agreements like u.s. products like jets and auto parts. natural gas and beef. overture to try to chip away at the massive trade gap between the u.s. and china. all part of a very tough two days here on the ground, focused on trade and north korea. on trade the president saying listen, he doesnt blame the chinese, by the way, for taking advantage of their opportunities. listen to what he had to say about that. >> trade between china and the united states has not been over the last many, many year...

I give chosen great credit. but in actuality, i do blame past administrations for allowing this out of control deficit to take place and to grow there thats president trump speaking in front of business leaders last night in beijing. joining us the deny at the university of denver, u.s. ambassador to south cre why and assistant secretary of state for east asia, christopher hill. mr. ambassador, great to see you. your reaction to those comments, perhaps a shot at the obama administration that cam...

Diplomatic resolution to this, regardless of the terms he laid down would be ones they would accept. he left vague but menacing what the other options were. i guess the other thing on his speech was the plug for his golf course -- but he was fairly serious and fairly disciplined. >> and hes been fairly serious and blustery in terms of his rhetoric around this before, the fire and fury. he called him a little rocket man before the u.n. the question is whats the deliverable? like what is he actual...

China to do even more. thats going to be the substance of the conversations donald trump will be having with his chinese counter part here in beijing. they are in the forbidden city now. the tough stuff wont happen until tomorrow when they have a formal series of events throughout the day with an expanded bilateral meeting and the kind of movement the americans can get the chinese to do when it comes to north korea. its a stalemate. a lot of pomp and circumstance. substance was that speech presi...

Hinting at it here this idea his friendship with the leader of china would mean theres a different course going forward. so far, no sense of that actually happening. theyll meet at some point. hell meet with the putin. well see if something -- but these are all of the ways in which previous administrations have tried too, putting pressure internationally, cutting off diplomatic ties, economic ties. the thing is north korea doesnt really care. if they starve their people, yeah, they dont care. >>...

He is encouraging china to help us. because we, we are going to put pressure on them if we dont. thats something new. its a time -- >> a shift in tone. >> yes. >> a shift in tone. trish, i go to you. i know you study the numbers hard on what to do with china. how does this help? what does this accomplish? >> we have a lot of leverage. previous administrations have not used it. china is stealing intellectual property to the tune of billions tkhrafz every year in complete violation -fts wto agreem...