it does not. i travel all around this country talking about the benefits of trade. itseli was just in minnesota a e weeks ago. farmers in minnesota are worried about the president s trade policies, because guess who s getting attacked as a result of these policies. the president would make the point we ve already been attacked, industry by industry, by countries taking advantage of our intellectual property, our open markets. yes, now they re counterattacking us on agriculture, but we need to stand them down for this standoff to work. pete, the president said it clear, the reason we don t have a fair level of trade is because no one has asked. the president is asking. he s asking, let s level the playing field. the president is not asking for this to happen. the president is saying, i m going to tax the american people to tori, what s the response?
secretary is going to head out there. it was ross and navarro who went directly from the president around gary cohn and steve mnuchin to push this idea on the steel and aluminum tariffs. mnuchin this morning is responding to the criticism that there s no details in the statement, there s no specific dollar ats around reducing the deficit. take a listen. you saw in the comment, it said very substantial. how substantial? there s a reason why we didn t put a specific number. i would also say what happened to the 200 specific number, again, whatever we agree to. we have very specific targets, industry by industry. these now have to be executed. well, he said there s a very specific reason why they didn t give the number, and then he didn t give the reason. what s your take? did china come out on top? well, i think there are certainly a lot within the
garlique® helps maintain healthy cholesterol naturally. and it s odor free. and pharmacist recommended. garlique.® welcome back. after weeks of tension over trade, the u.s. and china have reached a cease fire, saying they will hold off on any tariffs after reaching an agreement that would increase the price of any goods or services. this morning steve mnuchin wouldn t discuss any specifics. we have specific targets. i m not going to publicly disclose what they are. they go by industry by industry. as i said, not only do we have targets, but ultimately, this is about industry, being able to have heart contracts and deliver these goods.
increased steel as they make their products, do you before you implement go through industry by industry, company by company, one by one to create exemptions? do you just implement this and then have them apply for an exemption? so right now i think we re going to talk about the tough part, which is it s easy to shout about steel and shout about china. now when it comes to implementing tariffs, then you ve got to govern. and that s going to be tricky. and as you point out, the devil in the details. we do expect to get some clarification as the president makes a clear move forward on this in the week ahead. let s also talk, scott, about diplomacy that we re seeing play out between north korea, south korea, and what the president says was a phone call that he received from north korea. he said the u.s. is open to talks. said this to them, but that they have to denuke. north korea has responded saying that any idea that it would denuclearize is, quote, ridiculous. so the question here i