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Well, we know the eu is shortly expected to approve a fifth set of sanctions against russia — and that is set to include a ban on russian coal. but not on gas or oil. let's look at some numbers quickly. russia supplies around 45% of the eu's coal imports, 25% of its oil imports and around 40% of its gas imports. and to put the revenue that generates in to context, a reminder that eu foreign policy chiefjosep borrell said on wednesday that the eu has given $35 billion to russia in energy payments since the invasion, compared to one billion given to ukraine in arms and weapons. let's bring inj...

Korea. they have at least 40 nuclear weapons, missiles. there's tension. now, i reject what the u.n. ambassador said to the secretary-general. north korea has been violating sanctions, oil, coal sanctions that the u.n. voted for. so north korea is in violation. they're playing hard to get, but i think we have to meet them halfway. it doesn't make sense for this tension and nonnegotiation by both countries to continue. >> let's talk about china and this trade war. at the 8:00 hour this morning we had on a farmer out of virginia who grows soybeans, and the price has dropped in half from a few ye...

Probably can't let him get there, but hopefully there's diplomacy going on. >> is it your feeling that china is -- has the potential of helping north korea get there? >> i do. i think the chinese have done a lot more than they have before. there's coal sanctions. some type of oil sanctions. fish sanctions. which is a big staple in north korea. north korean workers. i think china has to really push down on stopping cross-border smuggling between north korea and china. 90% of the goods going into north korea come through china. so they are in a position to have the most leverage. i think they're...