initially he said that he hadn t when he first left that meeting and spoke to the press. he said that he had the vice chairman he had asked the vice chairman if he wanted him to read the letter he said he could wait but an official tells fox news that president trump did read the letter prior to departing for camp david yesterday. president trump met with that man who delivered the letter the vice chairman. they met for more than an hour yesterday. he says they talked about sanctions and denuclearization. he would like it to see it happen. he wants to be careful. he wants to be, you know, he s not going to run and do things, but i told him to be honest with you, look, we have sanctions, very powerful sanctions. we would not take sanctions off unless they did that. we have sanctions on. and at a certain point, i will tell you what, i look forward to the day when i can take the sanctions off of north korea. he is the most senior north korean official to visit the
the new tariffs have sparked anger amongst u.s. allies in europe, many are calling on the u.s. to rethink the decision. the issue has overshadowed a meeting of g-7 finance ministers in canada. the six other countries attending the meeting alongside the u.s. have voiced their, quote, concern and disappointment to u.s. treasury secretary steve mnuchin. mr. mnuchin says he will be passing those comments on to president trump. but he insists the u.s. is complying with international trade rules. on thursday, the trump administration imposed tariffs of 25% on steel imports and 10% on aluminium. the eu says these tariffs could be damaging to its industries. it s warning of possible retaliation with tariffs of its on u.s. goods it is pure protectionism. europeans aluminium exports to the united states cannot be seen as a threat to their internal security. it is unfortunate because this