point is there going to buy a lot of soybeans. there are two parts to this deal. china buys more of our stuff, the other part which is much harder is china changes its business model, stop stealing intellectual property forcing technology transfers and the question hanging over these talks, would donald trump settle for just reducing the trade deficit, just settle for them buying more stuff but not really push for structural changes. today he said several times he wanted everything resolved, he used to have an obsession with the trade deficit but over time he has come to understand why these structural issues are important. they are hard ones to resolve and verify. bret: there experts here in this town, who are skeptical about dealing with china on this level and that they could just pat his back and say here s something for now. continue their practices down the road.
handle it just fine. it turned out to the u.s. imposed tariffs smartly, this is her china far more than this has hurt the u.s. which is having to absorb short-term costs. china had a foolish approach to it. they decided to target their tariffs and democratic districts or districts they thought might be able to turn democratic in the 2018 midterms, it was a shortsighted strategy on their part. they are the ones suffering, the meddling in u.s. elections does not look kindly upon by everybody as well as we heard in the briefing earlier this week. this whole thing was brought up not just about the trade deficit but to deal with a decade-long problem, the way the chinese dump and steal intellectual property. i think people will be eager to see major gains made. bret: are there people on either side of the aisle who are second-guessing their criticism of the president going in on how he was handling the china talks. bret: i think they might do that if he gets a deal. you don t think the
dealing with your insurance shouldn t be more frustrating than the accident itself. that s why esurance makes it simple. just take some pics. [picture noises] go to sleep. wake up. grab a bite. maybe some racquetball. and boom - your money s on the way so you can get back on the road fast. well, not that fast. the editor had to make it fit in 30 seconds. it s pretty tricky actually trying to . and . tagline. when insurance is simple, it s surprisingly painless. president trump: we are going to have a great trade deal, great for both countries. not just us, not just them. china in the u.s. will have a possibility of setting a historical deal on trade.
today s bust intercepted more than 120 million fatal doses. the cdc says back in 2016 there were 20,000 deaths in the u.s. related to fentanyl. in 2017, the number jumps to more than 28,000. most of the fentanyl being seized across the arizona borde border. homeland security expects arizona to become a major core door for fentanyl trafficking though it should be noted that fentanyl comes into the u.s. from all over the world and china is a major source. today is part of trade talks, president trump announced that china has agreed to criminalize the sale of fentanyl. president trump: they ve agreed to do the death penalty for selling fentanyl if it s shipped to the united states, that would be a very severe penalty. i think it s going to have a tremendous impact.
to the president from xi jinping saying he hopes the two countries act in a spirit of mutual respect and meet each other halfway. u.s. officials say words only go so far. what is crucial is follow-up. president trump: we will have strong enforcement language, both ways. they want enforcement too. robert lighthizer characterized today s talks as intense, the president s chief economic advisor said they may set a course for a final agreement and president trump said that final agreement may come down to he and president xi jinping in china hammering things out. meantime, the chinese are looking to see whether or not they could schedule a trump-xi summit off the back of the meeting with north korea later. bret: as we told you at the top of the show, border patrol agents made their biggest fentanyl bust in history at a u.s. point of entry for mexico. trace gallagher joins us live