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Willingness to bilateral trade talks. >> i have continued to have a dialogue with my counterparts on the trade issue and we're, as i said before, we're cautiously optimistic to try to reach agreement on trade. >> tensions with china and the u.s. have been increasing with threatening billions of tariffs. a host of companies report earnings, including many that say are vulnerable to a trade war. 3m and boeing and intel and chevron. a trade spat could affect their business. some tariffs will lead to job losses. the administration imposed tariffs on steel imports last month. the federal reserve ba...

Celebrations. so i think the personal rapport is good. but let's face it, each of these leaders is representing his own country, the interest of his country as he perceives them. the french have different opinions on a number of issues, the trade issue comes to mind. the trump administration wants to slap tariffs on european steel. macron is going to try to convince him that europe shouldn't be part of any tariffs. macron is part of the opinion of don't give up a bird in the hand for two in the bush on the iran deal. trump is concerned with the expiration date on the limits to the nuclear prog...

Trade talks. steve mnuchin said a trip to china is under consideration. >> i have continued to have a dialogue with my counterpart on the trade issue and we're, as i said before, we're cautiously optimistic to try to reach agreement on trade. >> trade tensions with china and the u.s. are escalating. each side threatening billions of dollars in tariffs. this week, a number of companies report earnings and they are vulnerable to a trade war. they will say how the trade spat could affect their businesses. some could lead to job losses. the administration imposed tariffs on steel imports last mont...

>> reporter: yes, really meaty topics on the table. shinzo abe, the japan prime minister, has a lot more to lose at this summit than president trump. politically, he is weak at the moment. in japan, he is embroiled in scandal. his approval rating is low. there were lots of protests here in tokyo over the weekend for that. he needs to bring home a political win. what does that look like? first of all, making sure japan is not sidelined in any discussion between u.s. president trump and north korea. making sure interests for japan are shorter range missiles. not just icbms, but shorter range mis...

He won't do this. isn't that being a little bit naive? i get the calculation. the calculation is from certainly people in your party, i don't want to be on record stopping the president from doing something. i don't want to be side ways with him. it would be too late for legislation such as yours to make a difference. >> well, i do believe we should act. and i think one area where we have made a mistake in congress i think is that we have not provided enough robust oversight on the president on some of these issues. and not just on this matter. we're not talking on issues like trade or take tr...