and defense terrorism. the united states recently concluded a defense cooperation agreement to allow us to work closer together to resolve threats. this is the president in his highness s first meeting. at the conclusion of the meeting we ll make sure to have a readout. later this afternoon the vice president will share in robert lighthighsr as the trade representative. he has spent decades working at the highest levels of u.s. trade policy. the that will put the american worker first. now that he s officially on board this afternoon, ambassador lighthow
trying to induce in the north korea leadership, we could go over a trip wire without even knowing it. the president has made it clear numerous times, if china wants better trade relationship with the united states, its actions in north korea could impact that. is this a serious part of the negotiation with indeising china s involvement, that we re using u.s. trade policy as a carrot? they are making it very clear that their conversations with president xi in china is an integral part of developing a strategy on put pressure on north korea. but again, the evidence of what the chinese are doing in order to ratchet up the pressure, to put a chokehold on the north korean economy, is not there. thus far. and that increase of 37% in
hole come has released 29 pages of e-mails from pence s personal aol account. he is refusing to release a number of others claiming they are either confidential or too sensitive to be seen by the public. pence has repeatedly bashed hillary clinton for using her private server while secretary of state. a major break from u.s. trade policy is taking direct aim at china. a new paper from the u.s. trade representatives states that the u.s. should not be bound by the world trade organization s rules on trade disputes. that is a seismic shift from past administrations. in recent decades, the 164 countries in the agreement have resolved disputes through wto panels. the obama administration used it to file cases against china. that led to tariffs on chinese steel imposed last year. but president trump has long accused china of not playing
message to be distracted, as jeffrey says he was elected to do other things, then he should divest himself of his business. he s not going to want to do that because his whole life has been bound in it. that s what you do when you re president. jeffrey, we need you weigh in. you said american people don t care about this discussion. let s move on to something american people do care a lot about is and that s china and u.s. trade policy with china. here is how the president put it back in december which is a complete reversal of course he had yesterday with president xi where he said he and the president agreed at the request of president xi to honor the one china policy. back in december the president said why should it just be one china policy unless we get a great deal. why the reversal of course? i don t know why the reversal of course. poppy, again, when you re president of the united states you re going to say a whole series of things on the campaign trail that you doubtless m
out of the senate environment and public works committee, as has unfortunately become the practice, the democrats again boycotted the hearing, requiring a suspension of the rules in order to advance his nomination. following the strategy session, the president met with senators hatch, widen, and congressman brady and neil. this meeting was an opportunity for the president to meet with the ranking levers of the senate finance and house ways and means committee to help chart the future of u.s. trade policy. the president has put together an all-star trade team that will work closely with the u.s. trade representatives and the committees led by these members to crack new trade deals. the president has expressed his concern time and again with nafta, which he believes is an out of date agreement. the ultimate goal is to ensure that the best and fairest treatment of u.s. workers and businesses, and the president believes that those interests are best secured by bilateral, whether rather tha