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I think it can be a very productive meeting and i think we can go on to do something that will be monumental and great for both countries. >> the united states has tariffs on $250 billion in chinese imports into the united states. is on track to hit the rest of china's imports, $300 billion with tariffs. the trump administration put restrictions on huawei over security concerns and pushing other countries to reject huawei as well. china wants huawei off the black list before agreeing to any trade deal. this afternoon president trump is on his way to south korea as well. while he is in the neig...

Hello. if kim agrees it would produce an historic moment at the dmz. >> president trump: i just put out a feeler. i don't know where he is right now. he may not be in north korea. i said if chairman kim would want to meet i'll be at the border. certainly we seem to get along very well. if i didn't become president you would be right now in a war with north korea. you would be having a war right now with north korea. and by the way that's a certainty. >> all this as negotiations over north korea's weapons program between the united states and north korea have essentially stalled. now before the...

call me maybe, i'll be in the area. let's meet at the dmz. this is emblematic of trump's diplomacy. sometimes it works. with north korea he has had some success in getting kim jong-un to this point. the next level of this is really getting some sort of deal. this is where the trump administration has fallen flat in their first two attempts. i think what they really need to focus on right now are hammering out at a working level some of the details and then teeing that up for the presidents. >> shannon: in hanoi a lot of people we were covering, a different time there and when they walked aw...

President xi is speaking about ping-pong diplomacy. that's more than 40 years ago. president trump is trying to be friendly. but whether the chinese will really say something harsh in the next 60 minutes will be quite important. if they have pre-conditions like take huawei off the black list, that's a non-starter. if they refuse to restart the talks and have round 12 that's pretty bad. the other factor going on now is north korea. whether president xi will help make the meeting at the dmz happen or say nothing about it. >> shannon: competing interests with all the parties here. the chinese sig...

Hoffman. welcome to you both. what do you make of that? i'm told the president is legit going to the dmz. what happens next with the invite? >> the first thing i thought of was way back in april it seems so long ago, april of 2018 when kim jong-un became the first leader of north korea to set foot in south korea. he met with president moon at that demarcation zone. quite a photo opportunities and pre-cursor to the singapore summit. no doubt the president made his personal diplomacy with kim jong-un the lynch pin for whatever chance we have for denuclearization. we shouldn't be too surprised th...