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With president xi that we are goingha to reduce the trade deficit. we have an agreement with china that they will substantially agree to it. i would just comment that ultimately these are not government to government trans aces. its not a giant purchase order with us. we are immediately going to follow this up with secretary ross going there, with very hard commitments in agriculture where we expect to see a very big increase, 35% to 40% increases in agriculture this year alone, in energy doubli...

About industry being able to have hard contracts and deliver these goods. >> chris: and as far as the presidents threat first of $50 billion in tariffs on chinese goods and $150 billion, those are all on hold? >> they are. the president had a very productive meeting with the vice premier in the oval office with all of us and the vice president. he heard these commitments himself. and he can always decide to put the tariffs back on if china doesnt go through with their commitments. >> chris: pres...

With president xi, that we are going to reduce the trade deficit. we have a an agreement with china that they will substantially agree to it. i would just comment that ultimately these are not government to government transactions. its not a giant purchase order with us. we are immediately going to follow this up with secretary ross going there, with very hard commitments in agriculture where we expect to see a very big increase, 35% to 40% increases in agriculture this year alone. in energy, do...

>> maybe tomorrow well be back to a trade war. we could damage the economy and hurt real people. he just sort of flings the term around as if its no big deal. so i think that is an alarm bell right there. but more generally, i think the trump team has to be somewhat disappointed with how things went. they came into the week thinking they could get the chinese to agree to a hard number. $200 billion in terms of reducing the size of the u.s./china trade deficit. they werent able to do that. they b...

Relationship assuming we have the meeting and something comes of it and he will get protections that will be very strong. >> reporter: he offered a warning. >> look at that model with qaddafi, that was a total decimation. we went into beat him. that model will take place if we dont make a deal most likely but if we make a deal i think kim jong un is going to be very happy. >> reporter: the pres. pressuring nato allies like germany to be from defense spending. >> still waiting on 20 member states...

They paid the number that theyre supposed to be paying. we have some that dont. and theyll be dealt with. as a result of these contributions, nato is much stronger. taking in billions and billions more money than they ever have before. but as the secretary-general and i have discussed, more work needs to be done. were still waiting on 20 member states to meet their nato commitments and spend at least 2% on defense. and 2% is a very low number. the number really should be 4%. 2% is a very low num...

As a result of these contributions, nato is much stronger. taking in billions and billions of dollars, more money than they ever have before. but as the secretary-general and i have discussed, more work needs to be done. were still waiting on 20 member states to meet their nato commitments and spend at least 2% on defense. and 2% is a very low number. the number really should be 4%. 2% is a very low number. in particular, germany must demonstrate leadership in the alliance by addressing its long...

Are supposed to be paying. we have some that dont. and well, they will be dealt with. as a result of these contributions, nato is much stronger. taking in billions and billions of dollars more money than they ever have before. but as the secretary of state general and i have discussed, more work needs to be done. we are still waiting on 20 member states to meet their nato commitments and spend at least 2% on defense. and 2% is a very low number. the number really should be 4%. 2% is a very low n...

Who look to germany to some degree weve mentioned that the u.s. is already pretty proud putting quite a bit of pressure donald trump specifically on germany to up its defense spending but given the state of germanys military the fact that it has only two of its jets in its fleet the fighter jets are even capable of flying missions is germany really going to be able to do much under these conditions well domi is actually and this is another point as you highlighted fulfilling its commitments outs...

Hello im terry martin good to have you with us german chancellor going to akhil has called on her fellow lawmakers to come together to save a jeopardized nuclear deal with iran michael made the comments that a budget debate that highlighted germanys commitments abroad among a host of contentious issues she singled out the recent u.s. withdrawal from the accord as hugely problematic lets listen to some of what she had to say in this anybody else but there are more issues to discuss like the balli...