but looking at the chinese as a way of looking down the road to the future saying we are very serious about this. okay. . it leaves you free of a nuclearized peninsula. so do you agree with the overtures that they have wanted to make with kim jong-un. do you like the parallel strategy of cutting a pretty hard line trade deal with the second most important partner here for the u.s. with south korea, what they just announced. do you like those moves? of course. i think the president he would have set himself back. look at the recent cnn poll. it is a fascinating thing. north kor it is something as i as a diplomat would never have expected to see. but it is important in this particular thing to shape
jinping, one of the good things for president trump to accept the offer of direct talks was it cut the chinese out. during the six is-party talks start anything 2003, china unbalanced using its position at the center of those to pressure the united states and the international community more than pressuring the north koreans. for kim, what he was trying to do is try to get some chinese support as he goes in with moon jae-in, and of course president trump. julie, help us understand the timing of doing a hard line trade deal with south korea, a time when you want to have as close a relationship with them as possible. what s the thinking here? well, i think that you can t separate what s happening on the on trade front from what s happening with north korea. there will be some outstanding issues in this trade negotiation