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And ranchers in getting our commodities into those pacific nations, but i also see it as a matter of national security. >> just days later, the president brochesd the subject of reentering an improved tpp while still believing farmers are willing to make sacrifices if it means fairer trade with china. >> they all said, look, we may have to take a little bit of a hit. i dont think they will. >> there may be limits how much of a hit farmers will take. 60% of rural americans voted for donald trump ...

To country. so-called bilateral like talk with japan tomorrow or today and tomorrow. so, well see about this. he wants to take another look at it. >> bret: jonah. >> yeah, i mean one of the things that kind of got l.s.u. in the campaign in 2016 poet the primaries and the generals is the fact that the tpp was designed to constrain china. by pulling out of it without any concessions or trade, we actually gave this enormous geopolitical gift to china. and if the white house wanted more protectionis...

Has bilateral deals with six of the 11 nations in tpp and are working to make a deal with the biggest of those nations, japan, who has hit us hard on trade for years. >> he is not a big fan of these multilaurel agreements. multilateral agreements. bilateral like we will talk with japan today and tomorrow. so we will see about this. >> japan is worried that president trump may link trade and security with a message that if japan wants security assurances on north korea, he needs to move on trade....

International bureaucrats. i think that bad, thats a bad outcome. and so, generally, i think skepticism is in order. but, if they can get back into tpp and bring back some of the accountability, that is strategically good because the people who are really hate that, the chinese regime. and thats a really long term strategic threat. which is china and its stated ambition to dominate the world militarily and economically. and so anything that strengthens the forces against the chinese regime i thi...

Damage to rural america if a trade war erupts. >> about one in five jobs are tied to trade. so we really feel the brunt of that in our state. >> in anticipation of retaliation, the administration floated a trump proposal for softening the blow to farmers. >> he has asked the department of agriculture to protect our farmers and present a plan on specifics of that shortly. >> many believe farmers want support not from the government but from markets. >> we need china. china needs us. china is very...

You. >> bret: contingency. >> hav you have to get something out of it. the second you do that with one of these complicated multilateral things, you have to renegotiate its spider web. >> bret: like pulling a spider out of a sweater. >> japan wanted us back in. when they formed the mini tpp. the tpp minus the u.s. they merely suspended a lot of the things we wanted. they didnt completely eliminate them. there is still a possibility. if trump finally wakes up and decides, wow, i want leverage aga...

Channel. and mara liasson and jonah goldberg national review. mara, when you listen to, this we are obviously trying to get something but it is a little bit of hand holding for japan considering what is going to happen with north korean meeting. >> concerned about whats going to happen with the north korea meeting. japan is worried about short range missiles that could hit their country. were worried about long range missiles. they are the only remaining ally that has not been given exemption fr...

Positions and make sure japan is not left out in the cold. >> president trump tried to calm those fears today saying he will faithful represent japans interests if and when he sits down with kim. >> they do respect us. we are respectful of them. and were going to see what happens. we will bring up the many different things. i think its a time to talk. >> prime minister abe may hear less talk when it comes to aid. 69 brld trade deficit the u.s. has with japan. chief economic advisor larry kudlow ...