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Week called very catchly "trade war" which includes a line "not afraid of the outrageous challenge." so, the message that the government here is sending to the people and to the outside world is that they are settling in for the long haul here. >> evan, there's a specific thing that president xi did which i was struck by. he visited a rare earth materials plant. rare earth is a commodity essential in the digital age and cell phones particularly. and chinese produces the vast majority of it. was that a signal that, you know, if you start blacklisting our companies like huawei we can cut you off...

And read my "washington post" column this week, and let's get started. ♪ >> with the president in japan, i thought it was a perfect time to talk about america's relations in asia. despite relatively good relations with japan, there is a trade war of sorts going on between the united states and china. and the last nuclear trump-kim summit ended abruptly. what is the overall state of play in the middle east? joining me now is evan modaris. anna fifield is the author of a book called "the great successor." and a smart analyst on all things asian.

To save 30% on all the medications we carry. so go directly to petmeds.com now. anna fifield, and parag khanna. evan, president trump says kim jong-un wants the best for his people. >> i don't think there's possibility for a deal at all. north korea is not willing to do what the united states needs and requires. kim jong-un was not prepared to

Every instance asians have demonstrated maturity to walk back from the brink, focus on their geoeconomic complementaries. i don't see any reason why that pattern won't continue even though we have to concede asia is a growing arms bazaar. no one really wants to see their economic growth will derailed or other kind of significant instability that would require that the u.s. come in and reimpose itself as a hegemon in the region. >> evan, do you think that the trump administration will reach a deal with china? i was struck by the fact that president trump tweeted about huawei saying they're a ve...