questions. what s your reaction, sir? senator udall was asking a legitimate question. putting it in a totally blind tru trust, which he has not done, and not disclosing a year and a half after his inauguration what his tax returns are, something i just recently did as i run for reelection into the senate, the reality is it s a legitimate question. because for someone who said, let me help american workers, helping zte when so many national security questions have been raised about zte is pretty extraordinary. so there are real national security questions here. i know my colleagues in the intelligence committee have been briefed. i m looking forward to a briefing myself. they have raised serious questions. they say it s a really consequential issue.
it hasn t been violated, and he s walking away from the agreement. so this doesn t just impact this agreement, it impacts our standing in the world. senator tom udall, thanks for talking to us. let s talk more about this with liz rosenberg, senior fellow and director of the energy, economics, and security program at the center for new american security. previously, she served as a senior adviser at the treasury department, helping senior officials development, implement, and enforce financial and energy sanctions. also with us is joe sar, presid of the ploughshares fund. these are are really important. this is what it comes down to. elizabeth, let s start with you. the sanctions that were in place before the united states got involved in this, in a big way in 2012, were not as effective. once the u.s. got involved, in particular, dealing with oil sanctions and dealing with financial industry sanctions,
mexico, tom udall. he s a member of the foreign relations committee. senator udall, good to see you. good to see you. i think we just have to impress upon folks who are listening that this wasn t despite the president s comments about how this was a poorly written deal, it was hard-won. it took years and years. america s contribution was 2 1/2 years or so to the negotiations, but these were almost ten years worth of negotiations, to get the deal that we had. absolutely. and the europeans were working hard on this. our three big allies there in europe were working to put this all together. so this wasn t just an agreement. people need to understand, an agreement with the united states in iran, this was an agreement with russia and china and the european countries. this was a good agreement, not a perfect agreement, but it prevented iran from getting the nuclear weapon. the other thing it prevented is getting an arms race there in
you re right in that the sanctions were so strong and so crippling and that s what s exactly what president trump has just reinstated. they were strong because of their multilateral nature. but iran s economy is also failing because of the economic policies that the iranian government has implemented. right. right. now, with regard to north korea, the sanctions that have been ramped up that start at the very end of the obama tenure with that first security council resolution have been really strong and have ramped up the pressure and i don t think it s a coincidence that north korea wants to meet at the table. i had a conversation with senator tom udall a little bit earlier with the effect this decision has on north korea. let s listen to what he had to say. we send a signal that we re not going to stand by our word. we send a signal, a very strong
what is that timing? senator, we are kicking off the research. our goal is to focus on providing ideas for preventing interference in 2018 and beyond and folding us accountable for making sure the measures we put in place are successful. i hope we will see the first results later this year. thank you, mr. chairman. senator udall. senator moran is up next. i will say again that after a couple more questioners, we will probably give the witness another short break. thank you. we are getting about two-thirds through the list of members here to ask questions. mr. zuckerberg, thank you for your testimony and thank you for your presence here today. on march 26th of this year, the ftc confirmed it was investigating facebook to determine whether its privacy practices violated the ftc act or the consent order facebook entered into with the agency in