the us treasury secretary, janet yellen, has finished a four day visit to china aimed at strengthening economic ties. ms yellen held 10 hours of talks with senior chinese officials saying the meetings had put relations between the 2 countries on a surer footing after a long period of tensions over trade and other issues. here s ms yellen speaking at a press conference just before leaving the country. will make the us and china have significant disagreements. those disagreements need to be communicated clearly and directly. but president biden and i do ., , and i do not see the relationship - and i do not see the | relationship between and i do not see the - relationship between the us and i do not see the relationship between the us and china relationship between the us and china through the frame of great china through the frame of great power conflict. we believe that the world is big enough believe that the world is big enough for both of our countries to thrive. both
see president zelensky may well go, it is not 100% confirmed yet, but thatis it is not 100% confirmed yet, but that is certainly an important moment for ukraine and how far it feels it will be supported by its nato allies and in what way and for how long. nato allies and in what way and for how lonu. .: ~ nato allies and in what way and for how lonu. ., ~ ,., nato allies and in what way and for how lonu. .: ~ ,., ., nato allies and in what way and for how lon. .: ~ ,., ., ., nato allies and in what way and for how lon. . ~ ., ., ., how long. thank you gordon for that, our security how long. thank you gordon for that, our security correspondent how long. thank you gordon for that, our security correspondent gordon i our security correspondent gordon corera there from kyiv. the us treasury secretary, janet yellen, is leaving china after a visit to try and strengthen economic ties, saying she believes the two countries can have a healthy relationship. while in china, ms yellen held
the united states treasury secretary, janet yellen, is leaving china after a visit to try to strengthen economic ties, saying she believes the two countries can have a healthy relationship. while in china, ms yellen held ten hours of talks with senior chinese officials, saying the meetings had put relations between the two countries on a surer footing after a long period of tensions over trade and other issues. here s ms yellen speaking at a press conference earlier. the us and china have significant disagreements. those disagreements need to be communicated clearly and directly. but president biden and i do not see the relationship between the us and china through the frame of great power conflict. we believe that the world is big enough for both of our countries to thrive. both nations have an obligation to responsibly manage this relationship, to find a way to live together and share in global prosperity.
according to several officials i ve spoken to, that may have gotten him on worse footing instead of surer footing. pruitt is really doing exactly what the president wants him to do at the epa with environmental regulations. the president had promised that they would be cut to favor business. that s what pruitt has been doing. it s not like a replacement would exactly be easy to confirm. right? right. there s been a groundswell support from conservatives today. you saw rand paul tweeted his support to the president, a lot of other members of the hill are calling the white house to support pruitt. you re hearing a lot of activists, tea party types, folks, big donors who like pruitt s agenda supporting him pretty voracious ly. that said, the president could still make a move. the point you made about not being able to confirm someone quickly may be the biggest deterrent to making a move here. you have several cabinet jobs. you have cia, veterans affairs.
estate. how does that happen and why should the american people feel a-okay? there s two ways to look at this issue. the criticism of mnuchin as a big bank guy runs two ways. they foreclosed on people and that s terrible because these people lost their homes but defenders will argue, look, at this moment in history when big banks were failing, mnuchin stepped in with capital to buy these banks and put them on surer footing. of course they had to foreclose on people because of the disasters they made. he should get credit for restructuring these banks, keeping them alive and keeping some of the core business going at a time when not very many people were willing to step up with capital and defend these big banks. there s two arguments here. we ll see which one is more politically palatable. that could be very powerful