a handful of people taking to modern square protesting against president coach s decision to abandon a long awaited dissociation deal the much to fear of angering moscow within weeks the protests a ground to tens of thousands of people europe wasn t the only issue but the european flags were hard to miss. the protesters had no shortage of prominent gas from brussels showing their support among them the diplomatic match of weeks later and ukraine finally signed dissociation agreement at over two thousand pages long it covers everything from animal welfare to judicial reform but asked most ukrainians what the association deal means to them and they ll most likely answer two things travel and trade. no more queuing up for visas no more hefty visa fees for many ukrainians music free access to the area has been the most tangible change leap no surprise then that present pershing come up the
but ask most ukrainians what the association deal means to them and they ll most likely answer two things travel and trade. no more queuing up for visas no more hefty visa fees for many ukrainians visa free access to the area has been the most tangible change. no surprise then the present pershing co marked the end of these are the ones with a lavish ceremony on the country s border with you. under the terms of the deal ukraine also gained preferential access to european markets the e.u. has long been ukraine s biggest single trading partner since so ca sion came into effect trade between ukraine and the block has been growing by over twenty percent a year but what the association agreement these people protesting for didn t include was a firm promise of future membership instead it merely acknowledged ukraine s quote
american consumers pay a taeufr so we re actually paying for it. the president is trying to salvage his prize. he is trying to get the bare minimum. he said, please, just say that. you sort of agree that you might pay for it. he s caught out there. this is not something that is going to happen. mexico is not going to pay for it. it is not going to be a great southern barrier a country to the great wall of china. here is how chief john kelly described how it will be paid for, which is quite difference. listen to this. we have some ideas on how things like visa fees, renegotiation of nafta and what
so did he mention this in your meeting today, and if so what did he say? he did not talk about having mexico pay or referencing and i saw that whole interview, so he talked about probably increasing visa fees and making changes for nafta so that in fact mexicans and the mexican government in those indirect ways is paying. look, we are all i don t know a single member of the democratic caucus who doesn t care about a secure border and is really interested in productive smart ways to accomplish that. and we made really clear in our meeting with kelly, we have a bill that does that. it talks about technology and using evidence-based strategies, improving roads, patching fences and where you need any other kind of investments to secure the border. and we re willing to help you do that, but we are not going to get bogged down in protecting d.r.e.a.m.ers in fantasies and issues that are just not going
border wall were what he called i uninformed as donald trump was a candidate. a source familiar with with the comments tells cnn that kelly told the group he has worked to educate the president and move him away from some of his campaign promises. later, he offered up this explanation to fox news. s he s a very definitely changed attitudes to daca issue and the wall. he has evolved in the way he looked at things. campaign to governing are two different things. the president is flexible in terms of what is within the realm of possible. kelly acknowledging money to pay for the border wall will not come from the mechanics cxican government. he says the u.s. will secure funding one way or another. through visa fees or renegotiate nafta. a major about face. the trump administration is barring haitians from receiving