be united to prevent that conflict. which is another reason staying with our allies and trying to curtail all these aggressive actions from iran is important right now. chris: i want to get into one last issue with you. a delegation of top u.s. officials has just returned from trade talks in beijing and the chinese at the end of the talks , big differences remain. how concerned are you about a possible trade war with china? a lot of countries are concerned about chinese trade practices and working with them i think we have the best chance of pushing back against a lot of what china is doing. one example in the defense world is china is stealing and obtaining all sorts of ways, critical intellectual property that they are going to use for their defense purposes. we have to close the door on that. what i worry about is the steel and aluminum tariffs have alienated some of our friends
the international community to be united to prevent that conflict. which is another reason staying with our allies and trying to curtail all these aggressive actions from iran is important right now. chris: i want to get into one last issue with you. a delegation of top u.s. officials has just returned from trade talks in beijing and the chinese at the end of the talks , big differences remain. how concerned are you about a possible trade war with china? a lot of countries are concerned about chinese trade practices and working with them i think we have the best chance of pushing back against a lot of what china is doing. one example in the defense world is china is stealing and obtaining all sorts of ways, critical intellectual property that they are going to use for their defense purposes. we have to close the door on that. what i worry about is the steel and aluminum tariffs have alienated some of our friends