the mall, as the president prepares for the president xi thom tillis tells maria bartiromo that china should pay close attention to how president trump handles trade with mexico. the president used what i think was a very important tool to commence mexico that securing their southern border and working with us that all of our centrists joins us live with the latest. about those reports. hello, david. reporter: hello, we heard from president trump on camera but he has been promoting this deal with mexico on twitter and were turned to the white house about one hour ago after an afternoon golf at his club in northern virginia but he s pushing back heavily on the support for the new york times at the united states and mexico had plans to deal with about a crisis once ago. the new york times is pacifically stating several things in that report in one of those is those in the united
arthel: trade war with mexico has been avoided for now. during a celebratory rally on saturday ask goes president saying he was prepared to place retaliatory tariffs on u.s. goods if president trump had gone ahead with the 5% hike on monday. were in tijuana with the latest, steve. reporter: are cell, can president is praising that mexican negotiators who reach this deal and perhaps eating a large chunk of mexico s economy exporting more than $1 billion a day to the u.s. and also said it s a victory for mexico despite the fact his nation made significant concessions. we celebrate the important reading of history because it was a difficult situation. very awkward doing this scene and applying products to the u.s. with the same measures were similar to the ones were being posed on mexican exports.
is yet to be seen internationally what kind of problems it poses for other countries but right now it s an effective piece of leverage. look at china, they a lot more to lose in a trade war then mexico. there is some burden placed on american consumers. when you put a tariffs and place it does not mean that costs in the united states buys by the same amount but will rise slightly and the burden americans are going to have to withstand in order to have the frameworks or be done with the understanding that at the end of this there will be a better deal in place. a lot of americans want to put skin in the game when i think there will be a payoff that is worth the long-term success of the united states. arthel: once again the american taxpayer pays the financial fronts. mexico did not people, taxpayers will and now you re saying with the trade war situation that americans will have to deal with the temporary increase in prices or for businesses for their imports or farmers for their impo
states and mexico met in march in secret meetings in miami to talk about terms which included sending mexicans and sending national guard to protect the border. the report is getting heavy pushback from the president who said part of the deal are new and cannot go through until everything was signed on friday. the deal announced on friday night includes mexico deploying 6000 troops to a southern border with guatemala migrants will have to wait in mexico for the asylum process to play out instead of waiting in the united states with eric, this is something that of a ministration pushed heavily for and mexico will offer migrants jobs, healthcare and education while taking action against human smuggling and trafficking operations. acting holistically secretary kevin maclaine and disputed the new york times reporting that this plan is been around for months. all of us knew. we ve heard commitments before from mexico to do more on their southern border and last time they deployed was ab
you look at the people that are affected. you saw that china in november did not buy one single soy bean from america in november of 2017, they bought 4.7 million metric tons. his tariff policies are not working. as governor of virginia, i went on 32 trade missions around the globe to five continents. you give me a fair trade deal, i can compete with anybody. you talk about democrats being realistic. are you being realistic, considering that you are a white man, party establishment for 30 years, you were campaign chair for 40 years. 40 years, thank you. you re making my point even more. i know. former chair for both bill and hillary clinton, dnc chair. why do you think the party, the way it is now, will pick you as their 2020 nominee? first of all, that s what campaigns are all about. what i would do if i decided to run, i would run on my record as governor. i believe you look at the progressive things.