exemption procedure for particular cases where we need to have exemptions so that business can move forward. but at this point in time, there be no country exclusions. let s bring in scott lucas. scott a professional of international politics at the university of birmingham. also the founder of ea world view. live with us in birmingham this hour. scott, thanks for your time today. let s talk about this white house. it blames china mainly for flooding the world market with aluminum and steel as reasons behind these tariffs. but let s put the facts first as well. it s countries like canada and south korea that the united states imports most of its steel. so the question, why does china remain the boogie man here, and how much of this plays into the president s campaign promises to get tougher on china in what he perceives as trade imbalances? well, you know, it s because people may not know the details. and so when donald trump
look, if donald trump received that phone call, my name is kim jong-un. let s start from the reality of what s happening here. u.s. officials are probably involved behind the scenes. but the main players in terms of the talks have been the two koreas with china trying to bring them together. now that is a process that donald trump has settled in the past by threatening diplomatic action. here is the second cold dose of reality. you cannot start the talks, as trump is doing by demanding that north korea give up its nuclear weapons that day is gone. you can try to limit north korea s nuclear weapons capability. you can try to bring into a range of agreements. but you re not going go back to the 1990s when we had the framework agreement where at that point they had not developed nuclear weapons. it s not going to happen. so i think so, you know, let s set trump s bluster aside. look very carefully at the