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Against china mid-june. when you look at the numbers here, i'm scratching my head trying to figure out why. why slap such broader higher tariffs on u.s. allies than even on china if this is a president that said china was raping us on trade? >> it feels like this could be shadow boxing or strategic maneuver in some sense. a lot of this is theater because i think that china is the ultimate goal here. and so if you show that you're willing to impose tariffs on your closest allies, then surely you also will be willing to do it to china, which is really the ultimate enemy in one respect of the adm...

The negotiating table as a stable actor here. it's unclear how long the economic cease-fire will last. one thing is clear, it's at least until june 12th. >> there's a battle to be had. much of it has to do with intellectual property. the fact that china has a closed economy. but nothing the president or his administration is doing is addressing any of that. >> in fact, there's also the sensitive technology transfer that takes place when u.s. companies give up let's say battery technology, something to gain access to the u.s. market. those are the two legitimate areas. we also worry about 2025,...

Washington. he did say today he intends to make an announcement wednesday back at the white house about trade. talking about everything that his conversations here over the last week and a half in asia. but there's also something else that has changed dramatically. is threatening to leave america behind in many trade packs. on saturday, the 11 countries that had been part of the transpacific partnership agreement, the tpp and the obama administration, decided to go alone without the u.s. in this because president trump wanted to pull out. so, the question here is of trade going forward. can th...

Take a listen. >> dmz, yes or no, are you going? >> i'd rather not say, but you'll be surprised. >> all right. joining me now, gordon cheng, north korea takes on the world and the coming collapse of china. we both had a laugh there. i don't know why it would necessarily be a surprise if he goes one way or the other. is it a surprise if he does one way or the other? >> i think it would be a surprise if he went because the white house has indicated he won't go. almost every president goes to the dmz. you have to show resolve. president trump should do it at least sometime in his four-year term. ...

We have been told time and again by senior administration officials that we should not expect too many dramatic developments during what is only going to be a 24 hour meeting here in florida. they obviously won't be meeting that entire 24 hours. that's the amount of time that president xi is going to be on the ground here. they went so far as to say during a background briefing earlier this week there won't even be time for golf down here. you'll recall that was something president trump did with shinzo abe earlier on in this administration. this is going to be very interesting to watch not ju...