i do believe that is the biggest issue to consider, the geoeconomic issues. that really brings us back to the unpredictable nature of some of these driving forces. for example, what's happening in north korea, what's happening in the middle east. a lot of unexpected things have arisen, and even with that aside, we still have all of trump's agenda in terms of protectionism and trade wars globally, which fortunately, so far, haven't really panned out to the extent he has talked about during the election. stephen: your views on the poll results? >> i think it is a mixture of feelings. short-term, imminent threat. there's geopolitical turmoil. others care more about structural issues, like climate change, destabilization. the poll reflects mixed feelings of the people, and government has to address both sides, paying attention to imminent threats. the current economic situation at this juncture, it is better than before. timing,not the best after the price, but the issue before the government is how to address normal structural issues. stephen: imminent threats t

we just could not talk about everything, but we did cyber cybersecurity, geoeconomics, certainty and north korea, and the others. we got support from active duty officers and incumbent government officials is indispensable to enrich the conversation and to make that discussions at msf relevant and meaningful, and we are very much fortunate that we have members from joint chiefs of staff, department of defense, and national security council from the united states. from japanese side, we have members from the self-defense forces, a minister of defense, and the prime minister's office. today we have four members of that military statesman forum. we have two co-chair of that military states men forum. admiral mike mullen, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and general -- a former chief of staff of joint staff self-defense forces. and all of you know admiral dennis blair, former pacom commander, and dni chief, currently the chairman of the board of peace foundation u.s.a., and general igasaki, former chief of staff, joint staff self-defense forces. so we are extremely lucky and

but our topic was about geoeconomics. and so what kind of economic implications are there to security issues? so dr. green talked about north korea and there are not only military options, okay, let me back up here. so there are certain things that we would want from china, or the relationship to russia. there are some options including sanctions and so those are perspectives that we talked about. and also, there's one belt, one road initiative. in china. so when we look at that, initiative, the indian ocean is very much integrated here. and also the role for that, of that ocean. so when we look at the indian ocean, in terms of the obor, there's an economic application to security, so that's something that i learned from everyone and also other experts that we had. so i think we had overall had really good communication. thank you. >> thank you. my name is iwasaki. so to the same question, i think that since this is our fourth forum, i think we have went through many of the topics already and also these panels are really

that also reflects -- represents this new trend of that geoeconomics in where politics how u.s.-japan alliance can and should deal with them. it's a very, very new theme, a challenging theme. geoeconomics also is employed by some countries to modify or revise and even undercut the international order. they just don't like the rules, a rule based order, they are now challenging that. cyberspace is increasingly exploited, and even manipulated, not only to undercut compromise that free and fair trade, goods and services, but also to damage and undermine the democratic rules, process and institutions, democracy itself. and we are now also in the midst of that radical technical revolution, the fourth industrial revolution based on a.i., big data and so on. and its implication for that national security, national resilience is enormous. so those each strategic challenges that we have to deal with in this year's military statesmen forum also has addressed those issues. we just could not talk about everything, but we did cyber security, geoeconomics, certainty and north korea and the ot

. —— geoeconomics. that spells bad news for growth and jobs. that is a long list that you have given us. we know that north korea is the most immediate threat. there appear to be no solutions in the us, china, or the security council. so what do you suggest, as a former leader, be done about it? on north korea, much of the influence lies of course in beijing. what can china do to cause the north korean nuclear programme to change course? really, there are two things that the chinese can do. they will cause kim jong—un's leadership to sit up and take notice. one is turn off china as a source of international convertible currency for the regime to use on global markets to buy what they need. but the second is to turn off oi’ need. but the second is to turn off or reduce the supply of oil, because without oil, the economy will grind toa without oil, the economy will grind to a halt, and the military, as well. that is what china can do. and think diplomatic action between the chinese and the us now lies the

jesse: the president also spelled out a geoeconomic policy to pull them away from their dependence on moscow. >> we'll help with your access to energy so polled and other countries are not tide to a single supplier. >> it's tough to be leader of the free world and king of the trolls at the same time. >> it was a tedious speech. jesse: the president held a press conference with the prime minister when you are in the company of president trump you realize it's a special place to be. you are with the most powerful man this country, if not the world. >> reality has a way of intruding on the press narrative narrative. >> president macron invited president trump to france next week ban the president is going. so i think this is very significant and it's a leader to leader level. there are issues discussed, and ideas presented, and matters conquered together that are way above what everybody else is discussing. jesse: north korea. it looks like china in my opinion doesn't want to see a unified korean peninsula. they want to keep a divided korean peninsula because they are not doing anything

finally, geoeconomics.which now exist on the future of free trade and if we end up in a trade war through tariff action and counter tariff action, that's bad news for growth and bad news forjobs. the us and russian presidents will hold their first face—to—face talks on the sidelines of the summit. mr trump has already said he wants to find ways to work with vladimir putin, but what do ordinary russians think of him? for the most part they think less of him now than when he took the oath of office six months ago. in fact, a cossack community in st petersburg who had made him an honorary member, has since withdrawn that status. steve rosenberg has more. are you disappointed in donald trump? yes. when donald trump became president, there were great expectations in russia. are you disappointed in donald trump? yes. i understand he is on top position. because everytime he says something or hear something, he to improve relations with russia, and he is accused of being a russian stooge. steve rosenberg with that

finally, geoeconomics.e and if we end up in a trade war through tariff action and counter tariff action, that's bad news for growth and bad news forjobs. the american and russian presidents will have their first face—to—face talks on the sidelines of the g20. for the most part they think less of him now than when he took the oath of office six months ago. in fact, a cossack community in st petersburg who had made him an honorary member, has since rescinded. steve rosenberg has more. are you disappointed in trump? yeah. are you disappointed in mr trump? every time he says something he wa nts to every time he says something he wants to improve relations with russia he is accused of being a russian strood —— stooge. china's aircraft carrier has arrived in hong kong as a show of force in be contested south china sea. it entered hong kong waters from the south and will stay for two days. earlier this week 2000 people from hong kong queued for hours to board and visit. it is the one of the world's most enduring a

finally, geoeconomics. the deep pressures which now exist on the future of free trade and if we end up in a trade war through tariff action and counter—tariff action, that's bad news for growth and bad news forjobs. the business team are keeping a close on what is discussed and agreed, if anything, the summit. rachel is here with all the business news. a lot could affect other markets behave and how business deals can be met. that's right, we are all over the 620 this morning. as you've been hearing, concerns over free trade and the environment are high on the agenda. but for europe, equally pressing is the migration crisis. record numbers of migrants from sub—saharan africa have been heading into the eu, increasingly across the mediterranean via italy, as this map shows. the final destination for many, though, is germany, where migration—related costs are projected to top $100 billion by 2020. chancellor angela merkel has made it clear that she thinks other countries must shoulder more of the burden. last

jesse: the president also spelled out a geoeconomic policy to pull them away from their dependence on moscow. >> we'll help with your access to energy so polled and other countries are not tide to a single supplier. >> it's tough to be leader of the free world and king of the trolls at the same time. >> it was a tedious speech. jesse: the president held a press conference with the prime minister trying to make like the polish first lady subbed president trump but president correcting the record, tweeting, contrary to some surprising reports my wife did shake hands with mr. and mrs. trump after a great visit and let's fight fakeness. i don't recall chris marking. russia, the meeting is a sure winner and turns out it looks like a win for trump and america. starting with a cease-fire in syria. >> this is our first indication of us and russia been able to work together in syria and as a result of that, we had a very lengthy discussion in other areas of syria we can continue to work together on. >> that was the ukraine and isis. the bottom line is the media is not covering the present fair

jesse: the president also spelled out a geoeconomic policy to pull them away from their dependence on moscow. >> we'll help with your access to energy so polled and other countries are not tide to a single supplier. >> it's tough to be leader of the free world and king of the trolls at the same time. >> it was a tedious speech. jesse: the president held a press conference with the prime minister just making it about them. the media are caught in this terrible cycle of trying to make the most of the stories about them. they tweet at each other, they tweet starkly about the president things that would never pass an editor's desk, would never pass a producer muster in a television program, we think and they make such a big deal about the president that have you seen theirs lately? jesse: and when asked about this meeting between vitamin. this is what brinkley said about the meeting on cnn. while the tape. >> he's already kissing the ring of putin. he'll go back already a champion. jesse: the narrative that presenpresent kissed put in sprd that he said it's an honor to be with vladimir pu

jesse: the president also spelled out a geoeconomic policy to pull them away from their dependence on moscow. >> we'll help with your access to energy so polled and other countries are not tide to a single supplier. >> it's tough to be leader of the free world and king of the trolls at the same time. >> it was a tedious speech. jesse: the president held a press conference with the prime minister >> if donald trump called on a friendly reporter that makes a fake press conference, president obama had fake pros conferences for 8 years. they corrected the fake news story, that 17 intelligence agencies said russia interfered in the election, if you cnn, pushing fake news, not to be outdone, cnn's chris tried to trivialize the president's trip by tweeting out this video, trying to make it look like polish first lady snubbed president trump, but president dududa, creationing record. corrected the report. saying my wife did shake the president's hand. anyone mocking president obama for bowing to saudi king. >> areas like north korea, ukraine and isis, president trump did not let putin go with

more geopolitical than geoeconomic. >> thomas friedman, it's good to talk to you. thank you. >> you too. >>> much more now on tonight's breaking news. donald trump jr.'s revelation that he met last year with a russian lawyer promising dirt on hillary clinton. there's that and there's donald trump jr.'s changing story about it. there's also repercussions. more on all of it now from our jeff zeleny. >> reporter: the white house faces a new round of questions tonight over potential collusion between the trump campaign and russians during last year's election. fresh off president trump's meeting with vladimir putin, it is another meeting in june of 2016 between donald trump jr. and a russian lawyer that's drawing fresh scrutiny. the russian lawyer, known for her opposition to u.s. sanctions against russia over human rights, said she had damaging information about hillary clinton. the white house on the defensive again, insisting president trump didn't know about the session in trump tower that came only two weeks after he clinched the republican nomination. white house

with me is marianne schneider—petsinger, geoeconomics fellow in the us and americas programme at chathamrmal chats. and because as long as the uk isa chats. and because as long as the uk is a member of the eu, the exclusive competency is with the european commission, with these can't be formal negotiations. liam fox was talking in washington this morning, it was clear he was presenting what we're getting on with things. it's very much in the mood of scoping out potential interests. the european commission has made very clear they don't want the uk to negotiate, so liam fox has to walk a very careful line and find balance because otherwise he risks antagonising the relationship with the european union ata time relationship with the european union at a time when the uk really depends on goodwill in the negotiations with the eu. that's why it's odd, it at a time america is holding its own trade talks with the eu. yes, the tt negotiations are in the freezer since the election. the european trade commissioner has said they are in the freezer, so the commerce secretary in united states recentl