You are talking about years of hostility, years of problems, years of really hatred between so many different nations. President trump met with north korean vice chairman kim yongchol for more than an hour yesterday. The president says they talked about many things including sanctions and denuclearization. Mike, the president said that he explained that removal of sanctions would only happen if they were willing to denuclearize. At this point it is still incredibly unclear if thats something north korea would ever agree to. The president did say that he hopes eventually he can remove sanctions that are on north korea. Mike . Mike Ellison Barber leading us off from the north lawn of the white house, ellison, many thanks. You bet. Mike one issue that wont be up for negotiation on june 12th is the number of american troops stationed in south korea. Thats according to defense Secretary Mattis, who says the deployment is strictly between the u. S. And seoul. Garrett tenney has more from was
the data. the u.s. is seeking to stabilize the relationship with china because tensions have flaired. they flaired over trade, other access to sensitive technology like semiconductors. over chinese raids on consulting firms. china is welcoming this visit. just last week we heard from china it praised the economy department to lift more . analysts are saying that the timing works on side with the u.s. commerce secretary because china is facing such deep economic issues from slumping exports.
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priority than the safety and security of u.s. citizens oversea, but given privacy concerns, i don t have anything else to offer. reporter: the sentencing of this elderly u.s. citizen comes as tensions continue to simmer between these two super powers. u.s. and chai over trade, over tech, over geopolitical issues from ukraine to taiwan. but also as china and the u.s. are trying to stabilize the rocky relationship as we report order last week when a top diplomat met with the u.s. security adviser and his team for two days of talks. and during those talks, jake sullivan raised concerns about u.s. citizens detained in china and that this was a personal priority for the u.s. president biden. there are at least three other americans known to be imprisoned in china. on your scenreen on the right ia father detained since 2016 on spying charges, he denies those
rel rel rel relevant counselor access. reporter: of course tensions continue to simmer between china and the united states over trade, over taiwan, over tech, over other geopolitical issues. it also comes at a time when these two powers are trying to stabilize the relationship. last week as we reported here, we saw china s top diplomat and u.s. national security adviser have the two days of talks in vienna. and during those talks, jake sullivan brought up the issue about u.s. citizens detained in china and he added that this was a personal priority for president biden. there are at least three other americans known to be in prison in china. and i want to share it with you, they include a father pictured there to the righthand side of the screen. he has been detained since 2016 on spying charges that he denies. there is also on the left of your screen, a businessman convicted in 2019. he was arrested and been