There. Chinese vice premier liu spoke with u. S. Trade representative Robert Lighthizer and treasury secretary steve mnuchin. The Ministry Says they discussed issues related to a phase one deal and agreed to maintain communication on the remaining issues in the phase one talks. So, we are still very much in phase one talks. Bumping up against that december 15th deadline, though. Right. When you are expected to see new tariffs go in. Right. Thats been the big question do they do it its obvious they dont want the tariffs put in will enough progress be made at that point to say, okay, we wont so you think maybe not a deal by december 15th, but maybe enough of a deal to be able to i dont know. China trade wars are so 2019. Pushing into i just think you need to just, when we talk about beyond and impossible meat, i think you need to look into the future a little bit i just think you need to anticipate, not react. I just think it helps. What do you think happens before december 15th do you t
Is kenneth fine berg, from the Victim Compensation fund and author of the book what is the life worth . The unprecedented effort to compensate the victims of 9 11. Kenneth fineberg, why did you call the book that you just wrote what is life worth . Because congress in setting up this program after 9 11 delegated to me and really to me alone the requirement the obligation to try and calculate what each death caused by 9 11 or each physical injury should be paid out of public funds. What were you called . I was called a rather judicial term a special master. That connotes in the law somebody who is sort of delegated authority. Usually by a court. To act as some administrative arm of the court to administer or design a settlement and then to allocate the proceeds of the settlement. How many people did you award money to and how much . I awarded 7 billion dollars of taxpayer funds, all public funds, to approximately 5300 people. 3,000, roughly, 2,900 families who lost a loved one on 9 11 a