military and economic might in the region and escalating provocations from north korea which u.s. intelligence thinks may be planning a missile test while mr. biden is there. let s bring in cnn s paula hancocks live in seoul for us. good morning, tell us what is the underlying purpose of the president s visit there? reporter: what the president is here for and what he would like to be talking about is alliances. and talking about economic prosperity and partnership with south korea, talking about security ties. what he might find creeping up the agenda though is north korea. as you mentioned there, we have heard from both u.s. and south korean intelligence sources that they do leave that an icbm test, intercontinental ballistic missile test, may be imminent. this is the kind of missile that if fired at a normal trajectory could potentially hit mainland united states. at this point we re hearing from a u.s. source telling cnn s barbara starr that they believe that they may e
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and the prime minister has visited president trump twice so fitting that president trump started his visit here he will have a warm reception from japan s leader and from here noor to south korea and vine china taking on the issue of north korea. we know that the president sees china as being key to countering the threat from north korea. he has been disparaging at times of the leads-of-. china s failure to exert morse of its economic leverage in the regime but they have seen increased efforts from china to uphold some of the sanctions remted leveled against north korea. this is a critical trip and all eyes president trump s leaders and all it starting here in tokyo. alexandria field, thank you for that reporting. a moment she showcased their romance. mr. trump landed, mr. abe
important, as is the importance of the alliance with worries about north korea which continue to grow. you touch on trade there. the president has made very clear his frustration regarding trade deals throughout that region and to the contrary, his desire to garner deeper support on north korea. so there have been mixed messages that many leaders are looking for clarity. you get a sense they will get that clarity in this trip? well, it s hard to know. there certainly have been mixed signals from the administration from trump s rhetoric to north korea to secretary straight tillerson talking about negotiations. the trade is a complicated one. you would think with the threat from north korea paramount thinking that cementing u.s. alliances in the region would be crucial and certainly what the president is doing with shinzo abe in japan is an important step in that direction.