to pay. this administration is getting ready if that happens. hopefully there is planning taking place behind the scenes. we have a hornet s nest. they know president trump has a tendency to be unpredictable. it could be an advantage or disadvantage in this case. we don t know. hopefully there is strategic planning that is taking place behind the scenes and not a situation where the president is going to have sandra: white house director of trade, peter navarro involved in the creation and construction of these sanctions on iran to some extent said the sanctions are working on iran. he said working beautifully, david. he said as far as the response from european countries, i asked them are they still buying oil from iran. interesting he didn t have a definitive answer to that. it is. they have changed i would suggest they have changed in one regard. that is iran s responsibility for the tanker attacks. at first the germans and others were suggesting that you couldn t be sure.
resolution 15 man must votes in the security council to increase sanctions against north korea but now separately they are ratcheting up pressure on the subject of trade. back to you. abby: no surprise there. steve: david lee out in new jersey, thank you very much. so while in public, china says yep, we re going to do everything we promised to in that 15-0 sanctions deal. the united states is going to squeeze them a little harder and say now, you can apply more pressure to north korea, can t you, china? pete: that s all the experts say the path through a diplomatic resolution is going to go through china. not going to do it because they like us. abby: china is the only one to put this to bed. about time we put more pressure on them. steve: i think you are right. 24 minutes before the top of the hour on this monday. abby: ainsley is herjillian is h
look at the jobs numbers over the past several quarters you see that people just decide this isn t for me any more and decide to take early retirement, burn through savings. if they are older they are not able to find a job. the younger people as you pointed out, greta, are having a hard time finding a job. you have people in their 30s and 40s basically treeing to to trying to fuel an economy where we need everybody pitching in and there is a technological change that is happening as well that we are not well positioned for. on the subject of trade. i hear donald trump s point about other countries taking from us. i think if we increased some of our efforts on free trade we would be better off in the long run. now, i m worried about the short and medium and long run because everything felt dismal today. imagine the fact so many people s lives the attitude no you is i give up and i totally understand it. i give up. can you imagine that when it should be he let s see if we can t do t
look at the jobs numbers over the past several quarters you see that people just decide this isn t for me any more and decide to take early retirement, burn through savings. if they are older they are not able to find a job. the younger people as you pointed out, greta, are having a hard time finding a job. you have people in their 30s and 40s basically treeing to to trying to fuel an economy where we need everybody pitching in and there is a technological change that is happening as well that we are not well positioned for. on the subject of trade. i hear donald trump s point about other countries taking from us. i think if we increased some of our efforts on free trade we would be better off in the long run. now, i m worried about the short and medium and long run because everything felt dismal today. imagine the fact so many people s lives the attitude no you is i give up and i totally understand it. i give up. can you imagine that when it should be he let s see if we can t do t
road to democracy. she spoke to reporters after holding a second round of talks with hillary clinton. the u.s. secretary of state has called myanmar s reforms a positive step. she warned they need to make more changes before the u.s. will consider restoring diplomatic relations. jipgs wi s the militarys of egypt say they won t be ready until does he or sunday. democrats and republicans say an extension of the payroll tax cut will help the economy but can t agree on how to pay for it. the senate shot down proposals brought by both parties forcing more negotiations. those are the top stories from cnn, the world s news leader, i m zain vergee and world business today starts now. happy friday and welcome to wbt i m andrew stevens in hong kong. these are the top stories. time to make a change. germany and france champion a major eu overhaul but differ on the details. it s all about jobs this friday. the big monthly nonfarm payroll number is out in a few hours from now. i