for folks work in trucks and while he supports the lifting of trade barriers with the e.u. he does have some misgivings he says you. we need to look very carefully at the impact it will have on national laws on the tax system and on investment in the country. we should see how we can get the technology necessary to compete effectively to believe that. patrick is a former trade official who now works as a consultant and professor he welcomes the trade agreement but believes the benefits are not equally weighted and that the e.u. stands to profit disproportionately. because it s in my opinion marcus who has made more concessions than the european union has and that applies to goods services government contracts investments and intellectual
remember, a year ago, the problem was north korea s nuclear program. now the evidence suggests north korea s making more nuclear weapons and he s ignoring it. he s just completely downplaying the fact that the core issue, the nuclear threat from north korea is actually getting more serious. it s remarkable. david, thanks for joining me. with the carnegie endowment for international peace. by the way, former trade official in the clinton administration. we haven t had enough time to talk about trade, but we will. any minute now, bill cosby will be sentenced for sexual assault. we ll bring you that as soon as it happens live from the courthouse. also right now, intense preparations under way, just two days before supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and his accuser christine ford testify in front of the senate judiciary committee. it s expect toed to be brutal a explicit.
a water shortage but could the summation of locking in traditional well taking techniques well have a look. at first it s over to monica jones with business news now and did sarah and again we look to the united states because as if global markets don t have enough to worry about these days now the u.s. wants to go ahead with planned import tariffs against china after all because that is a reversal of the soft position the administration has recently taken during trade negotiations with the asian powerhouse the move would impose a twenty five percent tariff on fifty billion dollars worth of chinese goods within the next month china s trade official said they were not surprised by the reversal which followed criticism in the united states that china was getting the better deal the u.s. originally announced a terrorist retaliation for china s infringement of american intellectual property . and of course renewed trade tensions between the u.s.
the best thing would be for the japanese to have their own nuclear capability so he s not really grounded in history or reason. but it s so odd to me that these are index card sized talking points that you have time for on air force one flying across the pacific. if you didn t know that it was the united states idea for japan basically to not have a military, that s something you could have learned somewhere between hawaii and japan. go ahead, david. no, no. i was just going to say this has got to be the worst briefed president in history or he is the one who makes the least use of his briefings. this notion he offered up earlier today that maybe the japanese ought to manufacture cars in the united states is one that actually came up, i don t know, 30 years ago. i was a trade official in the clinton administration 25 years ago. i know that it came up then. and the japanese auto manufacturers have created hundreds of thousands of jobs in the united states doing just
this notion he offered up earlier today that maybe the japanese ought to manufacture cars in the united states is one that actually came up, i don t know, 30 years ago. i was a trade official in the clinton administration 25 years ago. i know that it came up then. and the japanese auto manufacturers have created hundreds of thousands of jobs in the united states doing just that. you would think someone might have told him. let s listen to his confusion about this today. let s listen to this. and we love it when you build cars, if you re japanese firm, we love it. try building your cars in the united states instead of shipping them over. that s possible to ask? is that rude? i don t think so. try building them there. as if they have absolutely no idea how to do that. and of course, let s remember what he s doing. he s in japan and he s saying, send your jobs to the united states. what if anyone from any foreign country came to the united states and said to detroit, said