Quote. And so you see mexico saying no this whole discussion about the idea that essentially inspectors would go into mexico would walk through factories would determine whether or not mexico is living up to standards as the u. S. And canada see fit he says its not going to happen and it makes sense because if youre talking about the sovereignty of mexico and what theyre doing they can have other countries coming in there determine whether or not you know they are in violation of this agreement exactly and of course ability is always going to be a problem no matter which kind of trade agreement or talk about whether its with mexico and canada or with china as were just about to break get into whats going to the u. S. Markets soar to record highs monday as a socalled phase one trade deal between china and the u. S. Boosted sentiment and relieve fears of another terror scale ation this deal announced on friday after more than 2 and a half years of an on and off negotiations will reduce s
Violation of this agreement exactly and of course ability is always going to be a problem no matter which kind of trade agreement or talk about whether its with mexico and canada or with china as were just about to break get into whats going to the u. S. Markets soar to record highs monday as a socalled phase one trade deal between china and the u. S. Boosted sentiments and relieve fears of another terror a school ation this deal announced on friday after more than 2 and a half years of an on and off negotiations will reduce some u. S. Tariffs on chinese goods in exchange for increased chinese purchases of u. S. Ag more details have emerged from the u. S. Side now an 86. 00 page agreement which ranges from intellectual property to ag purchases where china is to buy up to 50000000000. 00 over the next 2 years raising total imports to 200000000000 dollars while u. S. Trade representative said that this deal is totally done absolutely quote china took a more cautious tone reiterating that
Listening to him say i dont watch the stock market seems fanciful given that he tends to be firmer on his trade rhetoric when the market is close to alltime highs when he frames things these way i wait for the moment he stands up in an arena like alabama and says all those Treasury Bonds the chinese hold, how did they get it . They stole it. Thats where hes headed if hes around another four years, thats where its headed. Youve raised that point before it seems a natural conclusion and it would be totally in character. Not paying you back. Threatening not to pay back totally, right . Treasury. Remember this conversation because when he says it in front of one of his crowds, theyll cheer. Theyll cheer. Markets wont no, they wont. Brings up the mindset of President Trump where he looks at the stock market at record highs and says we can afford Something Like this today because were doing well thanks. Congratulations on paper back. Michael lewis. Good Tuesday Morning welcome to squawk alle
Senate return for legislative business next tuesday and now we continue our coverage of a conference on middle east strategy. And i think this counter goes of whoever is in par with regard to the presidency and regardless of who the resources available. So i think going back to what was mentioned in the Previous Panel with regard to the impact of maximum pressure and what max impression was intended to decide allegedly because of lack of clarity among u. S. Policy intention and strategy on iran but one of the argument was the position of sanction and maximum pressure, iran behave in a region would be contained. Unrest with diminished. We clery see the opposite. One of the reasons is iran continued its policy with regard to its support of allies and proxies but also its continuation of the interest. In syria with continuation, and iraq and lebanon the same, in yemen we have not seen any change since 2018 in particular. If anything weve seen a more by iran to showcase as was mentioned be
In the policy shift in syria. Spoke at the Atlantic Council for about an hour. [applause] i feel like im talking to these he rose here. I will try to maintain eye contact with everybody. Thanks for the invitation. Facilitating my presence. Im very glad to be back at the Atlantic Council to discuss the topic of great interest to me. I must admit i spent quite a bit of time thinking and writing down my thoughts. Will reach down to me in middle of the summer to ask me to do this. Ive been thinking about it a lot and i actually was struggling with this topic. I think i got it figured out, what i wanted to say, on sunday afternoon while watching the vikings dominate the giants. I got it down in writing. We will see how it goes. Numberlso good to see a of colleagues with whom i served while i was in uniform. Im happy to report to retirement is going well. The other day i overheard my wife telling one of her friends for 39 years he never expressed a view around the house, now he has an opinio