with the presidential election here. president obama noting that these actions are not, quote, the sum of a response to aggression of russia s activities. hans in the pentagon, kasie hunt here in new york. hans, let me start with you. you itemized what the sanctions are. you ve got intelligence officials being tossed out of the country, you ve got some agencies over there. from a practical standpoint, what is this going to do to russia? does this have any bite in terms of what russia is or isn t able to do? in terms of the four individuals that have been named and put sanctions on, these are high-ranking officials, the head of the gru. this is russia s intelligence agency. it s unlikely that will actually have any effect. that s mostly symbolic. unless you think high-ranking gru officials are day trading at td america trade in the states, this probably isn t going to affect them much. symbolically, it s very important. it gives an indication that the
have a small impact on the united states. russian interests make up 1% of america trade. europe, on the other hand, has far more to lose since the post soviet area. in the first nine months of last year, the european union imported more than $200 billion worth of goods from russia. cnn s phil black is our correspondent in moscow. is there really an appetite for sanctions that could end up punishing both sides, the russian side, the european side, including the united states? wolf, at the moment, this is a draft before russia s parliament. it is unclear how much support it has. this sort of move does fit recent history. recently, when russia has felt it is being harassed unfairly by the international community, it s response is often to lash out, even harder, sometimes coming back in a completely different direction with issues that don t automatically seem relevant to the precise issues
all of the ingredients for a fascinating peek what may be the most important relationship in the world between two countries. senior white house correspondent ed henry with a closer look. quite a night. there actually were some developments that were made as well in addition to a big night of hobnobbing? you re right. think about the star power at president obama s table alone. four presidents. president obama and president hu and jimmy carter and bill clinton and secretary of state hillary clinton. all kinds of power there. you re right, some substance. jeff emult from ge was at that table again. it was trying to show america trade deals were cut. 49 billion worth of trade deals with china including 19 billion i believe with boeing, 200 aircraft that china will be buying. the president clearly trying to show, look, this is a