bill: with me, daniel hoffman. chief cia. dania, good morning to you. what is the state of play at the moment? the negotiations held in conductivity between our two sizes good. kim jong un s negotiation position. at the heart of the matter for us right now is whether having a massive nuclear capability, it is kim jong un really interested in trading all of that? bartering it away for food and energy in the world economy? that remains an open question. bill: president trump probably has a better idea of that. and i think mike pompeo does too. we won t accept a bad deal. we are going to press ahead with a deal that suits our national security. bill: mike pompeo has said we are certainly closer today than we were months ago. how close do you think they really are? i still feel like we are pretty far away. there is a lot of work yet to be
be, how tall. et cetera, to that point. this brings up an interesting point. you say 5.6 billion for the wall, democrats agree that border security is worthwhile and something that s in need of funding. absolutely. leland: it the government shutdown now essentially over semantics? any border security includes physical barriers that can be walls and things that look like walls. where is the disconnect here? well, the disconnect, actually, leland, we have a president who will never really let us know exactly what he wants and is willing to change his mind or is apt to change his mind on a whim. if we knew what his negotiating position really was, if mitch mcconnell had known what his negotiating position really was we might have avoided the shutdown and that s the problem. leland: congressman, the negotiation position is pretty clear. he wants more money for a wall, a physical barrier, something
a result asian stock markets are posting gains this morning that after stocks on wall street managed a strong finish on thursday u.s. trade secretary wilbur ross said he would like to reach a trade agreement with china soon and the president s economic adviser larry kudlow questioned whether the amounts terrors will ever take effect. now for more on this i m joined by york matters he is the head of the research unit of international economics at the german economic institute in cologne. you re going what will it take for this dispute to end who will give in first here what do you think. well that difficult to judge my thing to donald trump administration now try to maneuver themselves into a negotiation position with china on this topic go for an intellectual property troposphere rights and threatening terrorists is one of the options to negotiate
the united states europe and asia posted gains on the news. earlier i asked the german economic institute who would have to back down first for this dispute it . well with difficulty. i think to donald trump and his and administration know try to maneuver themselves into a negotiation position with china on this topic go for an intellectual property property rights and threatening terrorists is one of the options to negotiate this and might this have just been the right strategy here i mean because there haven t been other countries that have been lamenting china s trade practices and the theft of intellectual property so is it could this be the right way to go this strong and aggressive position well i think diplomacy would be of use the better because if you threaten something and nothing happens you have to fulfill your threat in order
work with him, but i explained you worked with president bush. so, how concerned are you that he might nudge this president into military conflict? i think the president has to have military options available to him if he s going to get good deals. you always have to have that threat of military action to back your negotiation position. john bolton having called for pre-emptive strikes against north korea allows the president to get a better deal on the nuclear deal, which is a terrible deal, and better deal on iran, which we ve had a bipartisan 25-year policy that doesn t work. they have nuclear weapons that can reach the united states and we have to how do you think bolton will expect the coming meeting in may, if it stays on schedule with kim jong-un? i think he ll put strength behind the. the. knowing he s in there and pompeo as secretary of state that the president has backing of people