well, the commerce department said the organisations include a company that makes surveillance equipmentevelops facial and voice recognition. as you mentioned, these groups had been targeted for their involvement in human rights abuses against uighers and other human rights abuses in xianjang province. experts estimate 1.5 million minorities have been interned in camps. the us took the same action earlier this year against huawei, the chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer, which has been accused of stealing american technology. a spokesperson says the company strongly opposes the us action, which would hamper efforts by its companies to promote human rights around the world. so we would likely see a very intense 13th round of us trade negotiations, which begins this thursday. and so far no resolution is insight. we shall talk about this again very soon. thank you, for now. still, deals are being done elsewhere. president trump has called his new trade deal with japan, inked on monday, a phenomenal victory for us farmers. some insiders say it offers worse access to japan for s

talks are to resume in 2 days from now insist they say any point in them actually meeting well the commerce department said that this is separate from the trade talks but then i suppose they would say to us i think i think who knows maybe they'll be able to separate this out but it's certainly not going to do anything to make the atmosphere of these talks which are already tense even worse and i think we're going to have to wait and see how that comes out as well but it's not going to help which of these 2 sides can actually stomach a protracted trade or tariff battle that's one thing that we've been looking at i mean the u.s. certainly sees itself in the having the upper hand but the chinese have shown the chinese economy has shown itself very resilient slowing down would love the analysts you talk to would say that's not actually related to a trade war it's to do with internal matters and the domestic market so it looks like they're both fairly evenly matched at the moment all right cliff it can and they're our very own china expert and also from the business of course thank you so much well the uni

well, the commerce department looked at this and determined, well, we believe it was 87%, i don't rememberhe precise number, but 87% of the economic in china actually is not state-run. not state controlled and therefore, it's legitimate for us to do counter veiling duty cases against china. that's fair enough, okay. so you're now going to measure subsidies in china. if you're going to measure subsidies in china, that means you're not going to follow an anti-dumping methodology, might? because if you're going to do a subsidy case and you're going to treat their-- the dumping as a market economy, right? no, we're not going to do that. we're going to keep the nonmarket economy and do the subsidies so week get the 200% dumping and counterveiling duty margins up to 300%. okay, i get it. it's a matter of how high to you want the tax, but it has to do with the form of government. >> and did you dig out that case name? >> it's aias american institute for imported steel versus the united states. it's pending at the court of appeals for the federal circuit. there's also a court of international trad

the commerce department looked at this and said well, we've determined i believe it was 87 percent, ion't remember the precise number but 87 percent of the economics in china actually is not state run. it's not state-controlled and therefore it is legitimate for us to do countervailing duty cases against china. they're enough. you're going to now measure subsidies in china area that the course would mean you're not going to follow a nonmarket economy antidumping methodology because if you're going to do a subsidy case and then you're going to treat their dumping as a market economy, right? no, we're not going to do that. the nonmarket comedy methodology and do the subsidies we can get those 200 percent dumping margins up to 300 percent. okay, i get it area it's a matter of how high do you want the tax but it has to do with the formalgovernment . >> did you get out that case name? >> it's a ias american institute for imported steel versus the united states pending at the court of appeals for the federal circuit. there's also a court of international trade case and i'll send you the cou

well the u.s. merchandise trade deficit narrowed from july to august according to this new report released today by the u.s. department of commerce but the china trade deficit looks like it narrowed down in august as exports rose to a fire much high in the u.s. increased to 10000000000 while imports declined slightly to 38900000000 this could be kind of a good in good faith that the chinese are starting to buy a little bit more agricultural products from the u.s. but even with the latest figures imports and exports it shows that china has declined significantly since a trade war began back in 2018 a chinese to be the number one trade partner of the united states it's now number 3 so it's behind mexico and canada but this also comes as like you said the talks are going to resume next week and in or in an interview earlier today with bloomberg t.v. a white house economic adviser larry kudlow said there could be positive surprises coming out of these talks i'm not predicting i'm just saying don't rule that out there could be some positive surprises so this is really really a critical time and very important as we. reach president tr

several positions at the department of commerce, justice, defense, as well as a partner in several law firms. your you, thank you to family, the letter from the 40 former official in previous administrations certainly speak to the high regard in which they hold you. with that, we will turn it over to you. we ask you to spend about five minutes talking to us about your views on these matters. mr. sullivan: thank you. it is an honor to appear before you today as the president's nominee to be the u.s. ambassador to the russian federation. i want to thank the president for his confidence in me. thanke -- i want to secretary mike pompeo for his leadership of the department of state in support of my nomination. finally, i am indebted to our most recent ambassador to russia, my friend jon huntsman, for his leadership there and his advice. i come to the committee after serving for more than 2.5 years as deputy secretary of state. my service at the department, working with the men and women of the foreign service in washington and around the world, it has been the most rewarding professional ex

commerce department has blacklisted $28.00 companies slash individuals very specifically over human rights and they've actually used the phrase they've they've talked about human rights they've talked about it as being a priority. well out the donald trump administration now tries to use big areas issues to exert pressure on china you know straight negotiations including south south china sea issue and power one issue of now the human rights sudan issue and also the kong issue we are still not too sure of whether the donald trump administration will really be a serious serious sanctions on china because of the human rights violations in syngenta there are violations obvious that you can actually know community calls for of sanctions are in these actions against the time nice authorities get western countries including the united states not yet people to take very very tough matches these said the proposed masses on the part of the of the of the donald trump administration at this stage are warnings more rather than actual actions designed to. protect human rights in china it is speculate at bat one of someone using various issues including the human rights issues in sense in gents' to try to exert pressure on china

the department of commerce under president obama. who has the upper hand? stefan: the president has often said trade wars are easy to win. we are wellthat because the size and strength of our economy. in part, that is true, but there are also real costs to our economy. the chinese have real cards in their hands. presidency doesn't have a reelection -- president xi doesn't have a reelection coming up. he essentially controls the media. any copulation has a level of patience as the u.s. continues to face pressures around the tariffs. i think both sides have an interesting set of cards in their hands. ed: you say easy to win, but what does winning look like here? stefan: it depends. the administration has said they are looking for a comprehensive deal or a complete deal, to use the word the commerce secretary has recently said. that means it will be about fundamental reforms in the chinese economy and state support of those businesses, which makes it very difficult for u.s. companies to compete fairly. if it is going to be a narrower deal around the purchase of agricultural products, maybe limited market access in certain industries, t