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Honestly, taking advantage of our country. so we are seeing how it works out. at some point expect to meet with president xi, who i have a lot of respect for and like a lot. and make the parts of the deal that the group is unable to make. that's the way deals happen. >> reporter: it will the march o you think? >> president trump: well, thus far -- the tariffs pick up for us. we take it much more money because the tariffs -- there's nothing they can do that's comparable. so it's not like tit for tat. the tariffs kick in, they go up. right now they are paying 25% on $15 billion. okay? and they a...

It was always the opposite way. now they're paying billions of dollars a month for the privilege of coming into the united states and, honestly, taking advantage of our country. we'll see how it works out. at some point i expect to meet with president xi who i have a lot of respect for and like a lot, and make the parts of the deal that the group is unable to make. that's the way deals happen. >> reporter: will the march 1st deadline slide, do you think? >> well, thus far i've said -- as you know, the tariffs -- for us, we take in much more money. because the tariffs -- and there's nothing the...

And enforcing transfer of technology. >> sandra: the editorial board at the "wall street journal" said they should be separate issues. to your point how can it not come up? two days of meetings with the chinese delegation. this is important as we finish up here. the president mentioned china 18 times in a speech to the american farm bureau federation two weeks ago offering assurances a deal will be reached. expectations are really high. >> don't forget. they signed into law the $867 billion farm bill. the administration is trying to respond to the farmers who are upset by the tariffs and they'...

Crazy. and that -- we've been handcuffed. if we do that, if we do that, now not only will the united states grow faster, china will grow faster. >> mnuchin and kudlow there. to get china to the bargaining table the president approved hundreds of billions in tariffs on chinese good and promising to move ahead with another $267 billion if a new deal can't be reached and important to point out that parts of the u.s. economy have suffered. you mentioned china's economy has been sliding. parts of the u.s. ag sector has suffered because of the ongoing trade dispute. more trade talks today. the idea ...

This is a problem that has existed under multiple administrations going all the way back probably to ronald reagan. so this is not a new problem. 400,000 people came here illegally last year. that is a decrease of 80% since 2000. 400,000 is a lot of people. $67 billion dollars worth of drugs is coming into our country. some communities deaths from drug overdoses have eclipsed deaths on the highway or homicides. these are challenges. we should have operational control of our border. that means we know what is coming back and forth across our border. the only way to do that is looking at all 2,0...