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And ranchers in getting our commodities into those pacific nations, but i also see it as a matter of national security. >> just days later, the president brochesd the subject of reentering an improved tpp while still believing farmers are willing to make sacrifices if it means fairer trade with china. >> they all said, look, we may have to take a little bit of a hit. i don't think they will. >> there may be limits how much of a hit farmers will take. 60% of rural americans voted for donald trump in 2016. in a new election year, where some predict democrats may retake the house, alienating thos...

To country. so-called bilateral like talk with japan tomorrow or today and tomorrow. so, we'll see about this. he wants to take another look at it. >> bret: jonah. >> yeah, i mean one of the things that kind of got l.s.u. in the campaign in 2016 poet the primaries and the generals is the fact that the tpp was designed to constrain china. by pulling out of it without any concessions or trade, we actually gave this enormous geopolitical gift to china. and if the white house wanted more protectionism, more tariff on china, we could have traded pulling out for tpp for something glorious. we didn't...

Has bilateral deals with six of the 11 nations in tpp and are working to make a deal with the biggest of those nations, japan, who has hit us hard on trade for years. >> he is not a big fan of these multilaurel agreements. multilateral agreements. bilateral like we will talk with japan today and tomorrow. so we will see about this. >> japan is worried that president trump may link trade and security with a message that if japan wants security assurances on north korea, he needs to move on trade. >> and president trump also revealed today that the white house has been having direct talks with n...

International bureaucrats. i think that bad, that's a bad outcome. and so, generally, i think skepticism is in order. but, if they can get back into tpp and bring back some of the accountability, that is strategically good because the people who are really hate that, the chinese regime. and that's a really long term strategic threat. which is china and its stated ambition to dominate the world militarily and economically. and so anything that strengthens the forces against the chinese regime i think is good. >> bret: as the u.s. pulled out of the tpp china moved in to some of those relationshi...

Damage to rural america if a trade war erupts. >> about one in five jobs are tied to trade. so we really feel the brunt of that in our state. >> in anticipation of retaliation, the administration floated a trump proposal for softening the blow to farmers. >> he has asked the department of agriculture to protect our farmers and present a plan on specifics of that shortly. >> many believe farmers want support not from the government but from markets. >> we need china. china needs us. china is very important to u.s. agriculture. and it is my sincere hope that this situation will be deescalated. >...