this year. eric he. eric: thanks so much. arthel: fox news can confirm that president trump will meet with house republicans late tuesday afternoon to discuss immigration. this as the white house is now clarifying the president s earlier comments on the issue, saying the president fully supports both republican proposals in the house after saying on friday he would not sign a compromise bill. garrett teny is on the north lawn with the latest. garrett, what more are you hearing? reporter: in the back and forth that we had yesterday, the white house tells us it was because the president was referring to a separate immigration effort in the house to address immigration when he said i would not sign this bill. when it comes to the two bills that are going to be presented next week, the president does support both of those and he would sign either of those. that is an important distinction. the president s support is vital to any bill making its way through congress and becoming law.
what could that possibly be? well, of course. with trade there are always winners and losers. and i think that is always the risk. but that s exactly the point. i mean, look, the united states we are a very rich economy, and we ve become very rich economy precisely through trade. but so has china. china has become rich precisely because it has opened up. and if china had stayed a closed economy, it would not nearly be as rich. i mean, president trump just returned after meeting with north korea, and that is exactly what president trump has offered north korea. open up and you too can become rich. arthel: so let me that s precisely the point. arthel: i want to jump in with a final question for you, doctor, because you said you believe for the u.s. the rewards can be great to stick with in the situation. listen, the tariffs don t take effect until july 6th, so what s next? short answer for me, please. do you think this is going to escalate or get resolved? well, again, we simpl
you know, trying to become the dominant, dominate the technology sector. and that s what president trump is trying to put a stop to. exactly. arthel: big picture, how will this affect u.s. relations with china immediately and then in the short-term future? well, i think certainly what it s done is walk the leadership of china up. and it has certainly startled beijing. most certainly china was not expecting this. and china s reaction is, obviously, to react immediately. china certainly was prepared for it in the sense that it had a strategy of short term, immediate reaction. now it has responded, so this is the so-called tit for tat. and i think that this is the test case. we will simply have to see what will happen. now we are in this game of chicken. i think everybody s characterizing this as a war. i simply, frankly, don t think that s necessarily helpful, to
people seeking asylum as a new populist government there begins to reign. but it s not just the government, a new poll shows that 60% of italians agree with that move. the country has already taken in thousands of migrants from north africa. spain will now accept people from one of those ships that italy turned away. well, we re just going to do $50 billion on $50 billion of high technology equipment m and other things coming into the country because so much of our secrets you know, we have the great brain power in silicon valley, and china and others steal those secrets. and we re going to protect those secrets. those are crown jewels for this country. arthel: and that s president trump with mr. doocy there, and the president on his decision to impose new tariffs on chinese goods, and beijing wasting no time in retaliating, slapping tariffs on a $34 billion list of american goods including soybeans and a wide range of
the white house would like, and that is why these new tariffs are comingnto place. yesterday president trump defended these aggressive moves by the u.s. in these trade negotiations. no, the trade war was started many years ago by them, the united states lost. you say we re on the losing end well, no, there is no trade war. they ve taken so much. so last year $375 billion in trade deficit. we had with china. we had overall over $800 billion over a period of years, each year close to $800 billion in losses on trade. not gonna happen anymore. it s not gonna happen. can t happen. reporter: the white house was not caught off guard by these retaliatory tariffs coming from china and even before announcing these tariffs, the white house said it has already prepared another set of tariffs that it can enact if china moves forward with retaliatory tariffs, so more tariffs on the way for china. expect those in the next week or two at least.