strategy in negotiating with china would be working would be somewhat of a consensus among the g7 leaders there, the diplomats, experts that are around that summit. what are they saying in terms of whether they feel the strategy that the trade negotiations between the china and the u.s. are in fact working, any indication of optimism? no, not really. they simply don t agree with the trade war, they don t like the world s two biggest economies having tit for tat tariffs, something they think will potentially tip the world into a global recession. remember, president trump on saturday said or claimed that none of the other leaders questioned the trade war and they all respected it. boris johnson immediately contradicted him saying we like trade peace and don t like tariffs. of course, they don t like
play. what exactly happens with tariffs from here on out is one of the big questions. that source that i spoke with this morning said the u.s. would like to and could be a part of a deal with china have china reduce auto tariffs. as it relates to the retaliatory tariffs at the start of the trade war or whatever, the chinese want to see them go away. president trump earlier this weekend when he was speaking to the cpac gathering in washington touted the tariffs as the reason for whied the two sides have been able to get this far and potentially even close a deal. i know there s people in the republican party and people really even conservatives, good conservatives that don t like tariffs. i m not liking or not liking. the minimum, the greatest negotiating tool in the history of our country. when you talk about negotiations, trace, no matter
people in the republican party, and people really even conservatives. good conservatives that don t like tariffs. i am not liking or not liking. the minimum, the greatest negotiating tool in the history of our country. do you think china would be sending the top representatives over, right now, china is paying 25 percent tariffs on $50 billion worth of technology goods. i was then going to charge them 25 percent on $200 billion. not like 200 million, that s a lot. this is 200 with a b. but i was nice because we having a very strong negotiation. which, if it weren t for tariffs, and i tell it to president xi jinping.this is nothing to hide.i would never talk like this because in theory it could hurt the negotiating position. but in my place it can t
continued unemployment. the fundamentals are strong. the president s policies on regulations and taxes continue to boost our economy. jon: so as you at home were listening to the legislative affairs director of the white house, you were nodding in agreement. the underlying economy is so strong right now. investors are looking for any reason possible to focus on that story and not the trade story. so that again, markets are coming back because unemployment is good, economic growth is good. wages are growing. the federal reserve is happy about that. a lot of good news here if tariffs don t get in the way. i don t think the president wants them to ultimately. that s the republicans best chance for re-election in 2018. jon: one of the things that concerns company in the u.s. that range from the biggest defense contractors to the smallest independent film maker is intellectual property theft in china. they steal a bunch of stuff. this is a very big issue. the one thing the preside
outlandish accusation into news is the whispers of a couple of democratic lawmakers or an anonymous reference to the fbi. let s take it up with our media panel. chris is here from politics inside out on the sirius xm potus channel. allie is here from conservative review tv. a lot of ins and outs to this story. i urge a lot of people to look at kimberly s piece online if they haven t read it. allie, the basis of the accusation here is that a russian oligarch claims that he donated money to the nra money in order to benefit the trump campaign. is there any evidence at all that this happened? no. actually not according to the argue on which this is based. that was published in january, which was actually based on this totally uncorroborated and as far as as we know