Its about an hour 50 minutes. All right. So woere going to go ahead and get started. Thanks for joining us despite the rain. I know its difficult for many of you. For those of you who are not familiar with usip, were a nonpartisan independent institute that is dedicated to proposition that peace is possible. Were funded by congress and focused on preventing, mitigating, or resolving conflict. One of the global hotspots that has eluded peace for many years is the korean peninsula, and as you know, recently, President Trump and chairman kim met at the border between north and south korea, which has rekindled the prospects for returning back to negotiations and breaking the current diplomatic stalemate. And, in fact, the two leaders agreed to resume workinglevel negotiations in the coming weeks and try to make progress on denuclearization and peace. One of the sticking points has been north korea asking for sanctions relief. In order for the kim regime to survive and thrive, it needs to g
Get started. Thank you for joining us despite the rain. I know it was difficult for many of you. Welcome to u. S. Ip usip. Are not familiar, we are a nonpartisan, independent institute dedicated to the proposition that peace is possible. We are funded by congress and we are focused on preventing, mitigating and resolving conflict. Thatf the global hotspots has eluded peace for many years is the korean peninsula. Canident trump and chairman met at the border with south korea, which has weakened the prospect of returning to measure returning to negotiations. In the coming weeks, they will try to make progress on denuclearization and peace. One of the sticking points has been north korea asking for sanctions relief. In order for the kim regime to survive and thrive, it needs to generate hard currency, and develop its economy, and sanctions have impeded these goals. The Trump Administration has stated consistently that it will not provide sanctions relief until north korea denuclearize den
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Catalonia as the independence referendum approaches catalonians is this the vote will go ahead there occupying polling stations to make sure madrids police do not close them down. And in the Bundesliga Vanda women and how borgs inability to school has cost them points cant deny financial stocks life into their tax. Money welcome to the program growing tension between the u. S. And north korea is at the top of the agenda in meetings between chinese officials and u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson to listen is in beijing for talks with his chinese counterparts and with president xi jinping the u. S. Views china as crucial to attempts to stop north Korea Developing Nuclear weapons china has strong economic ties with pyongyang accounting for around ninety percent of its foreign trade. And for more lets bring in correspondent stephen barr awake whos standing by for us in seoul in south korea stephen its good to see you so the u. S. Is china has quite a couldnt preventing military confro
Independence referendum approaches rallies take place and both madrid and barcelona to oppose sundays vote for the catalonian government insist that the vote will go ahead. And in the bundesliga better braman and hamburgs inability to score has cost them points can tonights match spark life into their attacks. Im happy quite often welcome to the program u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson says the u. S. Is in contact with north korea over its Nuclear Weapons program and is probing the countrys willingness to talk tillerson made the remarks in beijing where hes held meetings centering on north korea and trade the u. S. Use china as crucial to attempts to stop nor. Korea developing Nuclear Weapons china has strong economic ties with the anyang accounting for about ninety percent of its Foreign Trade to discuss this further lets bring in correspondent Stephen Borowitz who is standing by for us in seoul in south korea stephen good to have you with us Rex Tillerson says today the u. S. I