Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170416:20:54:00
China. xi even called trump this week asking for a peaceful solution to the crisis. despite that coal import ban, china's total trade volume with north korea is actually up nearly 40% in 2017. figures sure not to sit well with the trump administration but a nuclear north korea appears to have bridged the divide. for now two very different leaders with budding cooperation over a common threat. matt rivers, cnn, beijing. and that is it for me. thank you very much for watching. i'm martin savidge. the next hour of "cnn newsroom" is just ahead. but first we got a preview of thursday night's pr...