concern. but still, it is a provocative action, john. is there a sense in that white house that there is a line they are looking for for some kind of different action besides what they are pursuing with china. if there is a land that kim jong-un would cross that would provoke a dramatic american response, it is not being articulated by the president. but as you discovered yesterday in your very good interview with rex tillerson committee secretary of state, the united states has asked china to do more than it has in the past but certainly a line they are pushing with the chinese, and we learned from tillerson yesterday that china has been in contact with pyongyang to urges not to undertake more tests, saying it would impose unilateral sanctions if it did. we ll see if this is the sort of test that might provoke that action from china, as he pointed out, this is not one of those big, worrisome missiles, though a missive like this is worrisome and ends in of itself.
united states, the region and the world. and of course tillerson went on to say what most foreign policy experts have said for some time, that iran is a state sponsor of terror and been the epicenter of the terrorism since 1979. you actually watched tillerson yesterday and were impressed by what you saw. optically, this first time out of the box i ve really seen him speak. he, you know, came off well, to sound shallow. well, that s what it s all about. we re all shallow. the bigger argument well, optics are argument but the bigger argument is what it took to get that deal in place and i m not sure this administration has a sense of that yet, but he sounded good. the thing with rex tillerson is that tillerson, richard haass, has told people around him he s going to actually learn the job, he s not going to get out front too quickly because he
yelling thief and murderer. a comprehensive review of baem era policy when it came to iran. tillerson yesterday said iran is still a threat to the u.s. and the rest of the world and calling the 2015 nuclear deal a failure. let s turn to ali arouzi for more on those comments. good morning to you. reporter: good morning, alex. iran has so far made no public comments on the latest developments. when america talks tough to iran, it doesn t go down well here. secretary tillerson had strong words. any talk of sanctions or renegotiating especially so close to elections on may 19 is going to infuriate the ruling establishment, especially hardliners who oppose the deal in the first place. none of this bodes well for president rouhani who is seeking a second term in office.
but that s not for us to decide. it s it s something that creates a lot of negative perception in mexico about the relationship with the u.s., and that s the things that we want to work with both secretary kelly and particularly secretary tillerson. is the wall and the nafta renegotiation threat made it so that you can t work on the other issues? mexico will not do anything to hurt our national interests. it s very clear that the u.s. is very important to mexico. mexico is also very important to the u.s. and the there are some there are some limits that we will not cross, and particularly anything that damages our sovereignty and our dignity. our pride as a nation. nafta is an old agreement. it s been good, i think, to both countries, not only to mexico. i think nafta has been good for both economies. it s an old agreement.
come from the u.s. illegally. we need the u.s. government to commit to collaborate in stopping that. also, cash. the cartels get a lot of cash from the u.s. and these are not wire transfers. this is actual cash moving from one country to the other, from the u.s. to mexico. and that cash gives them a lot of power. the president, on wednesday, said i know people don t believe me. this wall is going to be built. it s going to happen. is that the message you get from secretaries kelly and tillerson? i think it s very clear from the president himself. and what we ve said is that, while we acknowledge that the u.s. is a sovereign nation like any other sovereign nation, has a right to protect its borders the way the country best it best thinks, we don t like the idea of a border wall. we think it s not the most friendly gesture. and it might not even work.