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mike pompeo has called on his counterparts at the association of southeast asian nations to maintainour correspondent karishma vaswani sent this report. less than two months since the historic trump—kim summit which took place in singapore, the americans are back. the us secretary of state mike pompeo is here to meet with his counterparts at the association of southeast asian nations. and while he acknowledged the process to denuclearise north korea will take time, he also stressed how vital it is to keep up the pressure on pyongyang. i've also emphasised the importance of maintaining diplomatic and economic pressure on north korea to achieve the final, fully—verified denuclearisation of the dprk, as agreed to by chairman kim. it is worth remembering, this isn't just an american security goal. it is clear our partners and allies within asia know how important the neutralisation of north korea is for their own security. mr pompeo's comments come as a report commissioned by the un security council says north korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programmes, violating un sanctio

mike pompeo has called on his counterparts at the association of southeast asian nations to maintainand economic pressure on pyongyang. from singapore, our correspondent karishma vaswani sent this report. less tha n less than two months since the historic trump— kim summit in singapore, the americans are back. us secretary of state is here to meet with his counterparts at the association of southeast asian nations. and while he acknowledged the process to denuclearise north korea will take time, he also stressed how vital it is to keep up the pressure on pyongyang.” stressed how vital it is to keep up the pressure on pyongyang. i them to size the importance of keeping of diplomatic and economic pressure on north korea to achieve a final fully verified denuclearisation that they have agreed to. it is worth remembering this is notjust an american security goal. it is clear oui’ american security goal. it is clear our partners and allies know how important the denuclearise ishant of north korea is for their own safety. mike pompeo's comments come as a report commissioned by the un secur

asian nations already searching for alternative trade it's. the gathering is taking place amid continuing bad news for members of the association of southeast asian nations or. the us just announced plans to raise its latest rounds of tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese imports from ten to twenty five percent. as part of china's growing export supply chain the as young nation stand to lose big in any trade war. a full scale conflict could slash singapore's growth next year by half the host country's leader warned the association to brace itself rules based multilateral trading system which underpin the growth and prosperity is under pressure it's important to ask him continue to support the multilateral system and work with like minded partners to deepen our weapon of corporation. southeast asian nations tighten their ties with china following us withdraw from the free trade trans-pacific partnership now they're pursuing a china backed regional trade agreement with pacific powers excluding the us singapore's prime minister said it could be signed by the end of the year. the european commission says american soybean imports to

needed the gathering is taking place amid continuing bad news for members of the association of southeast asian nations the us just announcing plans to raise its latest round of tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese imports from ten percent to twenty five. as part of china's growing export supply chain the nation stand to lose big in a trade war making it display of unity with progress towards a new agreement all the more important. the european commission says american soybean imports to the e.u. almost quadrupled last month in comparison to a year ago this after the bloc promised washington to buy more last week apparent attempt to dodge a trade between the two instead of brussels. donald trump has certainly disrupted global trade flows especially when it comes to soybeans u.s. soybean firmus have seen prices for their produce plunged by twenty percent after their prime export market china imposed high tariffs in retaliation for u.s. tariffs on chinese goods the trade has almost ceased. the e.u. was quick to take advantage of the cheap the u.s. crop something that must have been cle

the gathering is taking place amid continuing bad news for members of the association of southeast asian nations or. the u.s. just announced plans to raise its latest rounds of tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese imports from ten to twenty five percent. as part of china's growing export supply chain the as young nation stand to lose big in any trade war. a full scale conflict could slash singapore's growth next year by half the host country's leader warned the association to brace itself there are rules based multilateral trading system which has underpinned us humans growth and prosperity is under pressure it's important that us and continue to support the multilateral system and work with like minded partners to deepen our weapon of corporation. south-east asian nations tighten their ties with china following us withdraw from the free trade trans-pacific partnership now they're pursuing a china backed regional trade agreement with pacific powers excluding the us singapore's prime minister said it could be signed by the end of the year. the american economic attests lies sin

mike pompeo has called on his counterparts at the association of southeast asian nations to maintain that a us diplomat handed a letter for the north korean leader, kim jong—un, from president trump, to north korea's foreign minister at the meeting today. i was joined earlier by scott lucas, professor of international politics at the university of birmingham, to discuss us and north korea diplomacy. it's been clear since the summit, andindeed it's been clear since the summit, and indeed since before thejune summit, what the north korean play would be, and that is to flatter donald trump, dissenting giant letters talking about how nice he is and then continue with the nuclear programme, with their missile development programme, and at the same time try to get some type of easing of international sanctions. that's what they are doing. the us strategy, at least at the open level, seems to be, you must com pletely level, seems to be, you must completely denuclearise, and then give no how that will occur because the north koreans have come back and said, we will pull back on our nuclear p

denuclearization you know secretary of state mike pump a has been addressing the association of southeast asian nations summit in singapore he's called on all nations to keep the diplomatic and economic pressure on north korea it's worth remembering this isn't just an american security goal it is clear our present allies with an i know how important the denuclearization both agree is for their own security i called on them to strictly enforce all sanctions including the complete shutdown of illegal ship to ship transfers of petroleum destined for north korea we have seen reports. that russia is allowing for joint ventures with north korean firms and granting new work permits to north korean guest workers if these reports prove accurate and we have every reason to believe that they are that would be in violation of un security council resolution twenty three seventy five but of more ahead on the news including. the satirical videos on social media to street rallies frustration in iran over poor social services and a worsening economy. while position. has been barred from returning home to democratic rep

the us secretary of state mike pompeo is here to meet with his counterparts at the association of southeast asian nations to keep up the pressure on pyongyang. i've also emphasised the importance of maintaining diplomatic and economic pressure on north korea to achieve the final, fully—verified denuclearisation of the dprk, as agreed to by chairman kim. it is worth remembering, this isn't just an american security goal. it is clear our partners and allies within asean know how important the neutralisation of north korea is for their own security. mr pompeo's comments come as a report commissioned by the un security council says north korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programmes, violating un sanctions. mr pompeo didn't directly address that but did say that russia has reportedly started issuing work permits to north korean labourers, which moscow has denied. we expect the russians and all countries to abide by the un security council resolutions and enforce sanctions on north korea. any violation that detracts from the world's goal of finally fully denuclearising north korea would be somethin

needed the gathering is taking place amid continuing bad news for members of the association of southeast asian nations the us just announcing plans to raise its latest round of tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese imports from ten percent to twenty five. as part of china's growing export supply chain the nation stand to lose big in a trade war making a display of unity with progress towards a new agreement all the more important. the european commission says american soybean imports to the e.u. almost drupal blast month in comparison to a year ago. block promised washington by more last week apparent attempt to dodge a trade war between the two instead some in brussels boosts down to. donald trump has certainly disrupted global trade flows especially when it comes to soybeans u.s. soybean firmus have seen prices for their produce plunged by twenty percent after their prime export market china imposed high tariffs in retaliation for u.s. tariffs on chinese goods the trade has almost ceased. the e.u. was quick to take advantage of the cheap the u.s. crop something that must have been

needed the gathering is taking place amid continuing bad news for members of the association of southeast asian nations the us just announcing plans to raise its latest round of tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese imports from ten percent to twenty five. as part of china's growing export supply chain the nation stand to lose big in a trade war making it display of unity and swift progress towards a new agreement all the more important. but over sarah now it's there the cost of doing business with beijing or perhaps the cost of not doing business with beijing in fact because china of course for now and for its historic great wall building started on the mammoth fortification back in the third century b.c. to protect china from invaders well these days china also has another wall that is known as the great fire wall of china it's supposed to protect chinese citizens from undesired foreign influences first set up back in two thousand the great fire wall blocks access to certain websites and certain terms that the chinese government deems dangerous any whiff of criticism of the governme