tinkering with a deal that had been agreed between the us and south korea. rms of the trade deal a similarto korea. the terms of the trade deal a similar to the ones that were announced earlier this year in march and they had to do with us car imports into south korea, as well as still quotas when it comes to south korean exports. the key thing is this is unlikely to significantly increase the us trade deficit with south korea, but it does provide the trump administration an easy win when it comes to its seemingly unending trade battles with the rest of the world. doug mcwilliams is the deputy chair at the centre for economics and business research. good morning. good morning. so interesting that the us and south korea are tweaking the 2012 deal, as it were, and president trump is describing it as a very big deal. give us your take. well, i think he is exaggerating his importance, but he isa is exaggerating his importance, but he is a politician so you can't entirely blame him for that. it looks like a fairly modest tweet to what existed. —— tweak to what exi

we are expecting to hear from the president and see him live with south korea's leader in a moment, thenhave the rod rosenstein story. reporter: yep. any moment now we expect to hear from president trump and the south korean leader moon jae-in. when you think about trade, there's a host of huge headlines out there. we have seen the tariffs go into effect, for example, between the united states and china today, by the end of the month between the u.s. and canada, many believe that is the deadline to get a trade deal between the u.s. and canada as it relates to nafta. keep in mind, in the background here through all of this, the administration has been able to strike a new trade deal with south korea and we are going to get that, as you just put it, that john hancock moment here coming up shortly. the president has talked about this free trade deal with south korea as something that he wanted to see through, and you know how he feels about trade imbalances and wanting to turn the tide on them. the numbers show with south korea exactly why, because the last trade deal that was signed betwee

laura do you think that the north korea south korea summit which is going to be held by the end of this month will help settle the nuclear impasse i think it will contribute to a possible settlement of the impasse i think there are some conversations that need to go on between the two koreas about their expectations of the peninsula flutes and so critically the bilateral relationship between the two koreas is very important i think this idea of peace agreement arlan ensler is lowered to and wouldn't be that difficult to achieve but one would expect that given that this is something that the north koreans are interestingly and that the u.s. would want a quid pro quo through or rubber this is going to be the third summit between north and south korea leaders. is there any chance this one would produce some sense of breakthrough or do you think it's just going to be part of the confidence building measure the has been going on for quite some time will certainly be a part of the confidence building measures right mean the more often the two koreas meet the more it creates the sense of joint

and south korea's president has said that he dreams of going to this mountain in cuba and by feeling that wish is kind of sending the message that korea may be divided right now but there are still indeed one people right to read this is to take a stand because no let's go to give a wrong so where can we seem to really be happy day could this be heading to well it's a korean dream if a king shouldn't in the coming months. you know i had i'd like to think that it is but it won't be a quick process if we do indeed see you know reunification or of the merging of these two countries and then near future there's a new reasons for that the first one being you know to formally create a peace agreement and to the korean war north and south korea really need more than just themselves to sign on and that would basically require for the u.s. to be on board and right now i'm not so sure that the americans want to be washington is treating a piece of surance between the u.s. and north korea as a bargaining chip and they have expressed that they want to see more solid seps towards denuclearization

the regular meetings of the families in south and north korea which are south and north korea are going to work closely to co-host some olympic games. and we are going to prepare for the centennial of three one independence day work. and through our course we are going to have a performance between the two koreas to celebrate autumn i also chairman came to visit seoul and chairman kim a promise to come to a so in near future which means within this here. if there is no big issues. chiming kim is going to be the first north korean leader who visit south korea and it is going to. a new milestone in into career relations to north koreans my fellow south koreans and koreans abroad chairman. showed his roadmap for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula and he agreed that we should make korean peninsula free of free of nuclear weapons and nuclear programs and i'd like to thank for their he's determination and commitment to this send you. into korean relations ought to be continued probable based on this result of the pending meeting i sincerely hope that north korea and the u.s. can res

joint bid for the summer olympics but we spoke to start or so if you will a house a consultant for south korea's twenty eighteen winter games and he's confident the two koreas have a good chance of pulling this off. let's not darken my mind especially after war with. the old south korea that they have now with. a solid b. and. when the time comes. in front of a very interesting proposal the head of the u.s. anti doping agency says the move to try and lift the russia's ban stinks russia were suspended nearly three years ago for a state sponsored program to dope its athletes but last week in an apparent u. turn the world anti-doping agency's compliance review committee recommended ending the ban waters' executives will put it to a vote in the next twenty four hours at a meeting in the seychelles u.s. antidoping chief travis tygart is not impressed. you know after years of an open and transparent process to try to jam a decision that's a complete reversal you know what we don't dob does that you turn as been extremely frustrating to all those and also you know the process stinks and it's been extre

south korea went in with exemptions because the us is a big market for south korea, 65% of exports gorts go to america. they said let us not have a tariff, let's have a quarter. this is to some extent a political move because it is reinstating some of that. president trump healing this as a big deal, he is keen to point out he can do these big trade deals. even though he is mired about a trade deal with the eu. he is fighting the midterms and he is thinking about the next presidential election. donald trump is the deal maker and he likes to see success saw his strategy at the moment is to say we are prepared to be more flexible on this deal. we will do some deals to be able to create an appearance that we are open for business and we are doing trade deals. forgive me when we talk about south korea being a small market, he is mired in that trade war with china, the worlds second largest economy, with the eu, and concerns over what deal he will get with japan, and yet he is healing a deal with south korea which is small. this is a small deal for south korea and even relatively small dea

korea will want the u.s. to declare a formal end to the korean war possibly demanding a withdrawal of u.s. forces in the south and a relief from sanctions that are hurting north korea's struggling economy. president trump has not ruled out making concessions. what will you what is what is that well but in the meantime we're soft it is very calm he's gone so we'll see what that. a similar kind of calmness perhaps between these two leaders on the peak of this sacred spot although both of them and the rest of the world too was surely aware they were standing on a volcano. joining me now is to see this from soon south korea kate a three day visit and we saw that the two leaders standing out against the backdrop of the sacred volcano what was the message their leaders were giving by choosing this location. well i really think that unity was the definite message here if the idea of the korean peninsula could be entering a new era you know this mountain is basically known as the setting of a sort of a logical story about the beginning of the korean people so it's a symbol essential of what it means to be korean. and

to be the driver of the korean peninsula south korea should have a say in the destiny of the region and what that really means is being that mediator between north korea which is not talking directly to the u.s. and the u.s. which is the closest ally of south korea and in a way i think south korea's perfection perfectly positioned to carry out that objective so thank you very much indeed for now as we watch those flags fly the reunification flag of career and also the korean flag flying side by side as the two leaders drive off now to start their three days of deliberations lunch and then straight down into one of those first sessions was the one on one dialogue between kim jong un. and to see where that might lead to back to you hasn't thanks very much rob but as rob said there are a start of a three day visit by south korea's president to the north and a third meeting between the two leaders this year and we'll be following all of those developments from the korean peninsula let's move on now to other stories making news the u.s. stepping up its trade war with china president dona

more closely in a meeting with a special envoy from south korea the talks are trying to revive faltering diplomacy between north korea and the united states after kim summit with donald trump in june the u.s. state department responded to the comments a spokesperson said as president moon has stated the improvement of relations between north and south korea cannot advance separately from resolving north korea's nuclear program the united states and the republic of korea work closely together on north korea issues and remain in close contact to coordinate our unified response to north korea well mcbride has more from seoul. south korea's security chief jungi young confirming on his return to seoul after meeting with north korean officials wednesday in pyongyang that this third into korean summit will take place in pyongyang between september eighteenth to the twentieth it will be the third summit between one julian of south korea and kim jong un in an attempt to restart the whole dialogue after the apparent stalling of negotiations between pyongyang and washington north korean and south k

the leaders of north and south korea will meet later this month. complete denuclearization kim jong un expressed his willingness for close cooperation with the u.s. during a meeting with a special envoy from south korea the talks are trying to revive faltering diplomacy between pyongyang and washington after kim jong summit with donald trump in june macbride is in seoul covering the talks of the meetings joining us from seoul what can you tell us happened there rob. that's the security chief from south korea has been briefing media darian within the last half hour about the outcome of his visit to pyongyang and the big news of course as you've mentioned there is that this summit is going to go ahead the meeting between the two leaders of the two koreas will happen in pyongyang between the eighteenth to the twentieth of september we were also told from next week there will be high level talks by officials from north and south korea laying out the groundwork for just what will be discussed at that summit but obviously trying to restart or kick start

that put everybody on the edge of their seats because they need south korea, especially because northn the region. thank you for now. we will return and discuss some of the other stories in the news briefing later. i will be getting an expert view on that trade deal later, we have cecilia meeting with the us trade representative as well. an american man who was paralysed from the waist down after crashing his snowmobile has made medical history by walking with the aide of an electrical implant. doctors in the us used an electrode to stimulate nerves in the spinal chord, allowing the patient to walk, by issuing commands from his brain. here's our health and science reporterjames gallagher. kelly thomas thought this would be impossible is pete has been for yea rs impossible is pete has been for years that she was paralysed from the waist down in a car accident. now she can walk again, thank to an implant in herspine now she can walk again, thank to an implant in her spine and months of gruelling exercises. one day they we re gruelling exercises. one day they were helping me as usual, an

after historic three days with north korea's kim jong un the president of south korea is back on home soil. address the nation about the trip to the north he said north korea had asked the south to mediate talks with washington and that camp wants a second summit with the u.s. president donald trump as soon as possible. i shall get your nose since the into korean relationship is in line with the development of the relationship between the u.s. and north korea pyongyang asked us to be the mediator they propose to work closely with south korea as well i think the u.s. should understand the position of north korea and resume the talks as soon as possible i believe the accomplishments made at the summit this time will lead to the progress option of the talks. now to robert wright is live for us in seoul resisting that move went straight to the media center to make this speech from the airport after his three day trip. that's right laura it was his first stop was basically to try to sell this now to the south korean nation he has come back in confident mood as indeed he should i think peop

president trump reaches an agreement in his first major trade pact since entering office with south koreain making the most of its glorious sunshine, india's solar industry becomes a hotspot for the world's biggest solar works. good morning, asia, hello, world. it is a tuesday. glad you could join us for another exciting addition of asia business report. i'm rico hizon. south korea and the us have signed the first major trade agreement of the trump administration, described as a very big deal by president trump. he says the revised arrangement will reduce the revised arrangement will reduce the trade deficit between the two countries. south korean president moonjae—in says it will offer more stability between seoul and washington, especially at a time when both sides are negotiating with north korea. at the bbc‘s business correspondent says the changes are cosmetic. the changes are largely cosmetic. the changes are largely cosmetic. there are not many significant differences compared with the 2012 free trade agreement that had been negotiated between the us and south korea. the key differ

hand it's limited what the americans are willing as they have limited some homework yet i mean south korea north korea are basically ignoring the u.s. at this point which we long said on this show they need to do and they're taking a whole series of steps all right they're starting to demilitarize at a small scale the d.m.z. which is ironically enough the most heavily militarized area in the world they're constructing having north korea dismantle missile testing sites. the presidents of the two. and kim jong un climbed a sacred mountain sacred to both north and south korea historically you know to their culture together these are all confidence building measures all being taken of course. thank god without the us in the room the only thing i'm worried about is what the u.s. will try to do to sabotage the burgeoning p. twenty seconds yes well i mean these case with the north and south korea is a question of sanctions being ineffective there was a very good article about sanctions in general and the americans conservatives this week and it's very interesting that the united states is at the

south korea's president is on his way to pyongyang for his third summit with kim jong un the first time a south korean leader is traveling to the north in over a decade and talks of a denuclearization are high on the agenda. argentina's former president cristina kirchner has been charged in a corruption scandal the judges are asked for parliamentary immunity to be lifted so she can be detained who is accused of taking millions of dollars in bribes when she was in office last month the senate partially lifted her immunity so she could be investigated. a u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and his accuser will be called to testify before the senate judiciary committee next monday kimberly how has that. u.s. president donald trump's nominee to the highest court in the country the supreme court is in doubt in spite of that the president is standing with brett kavanaugh he is one of the great intellects and one of the finest people that anybody has known cavanagh is at the center of an explosive allegation that threatens to derail his nomination it came this weekend by this woman chri

have previously used sports events as a tool for diplomacy on the peninsula south korea hosted the summer olympics in seoul in one thousand nine hundred eight in the winter games in pyung chang earlier this year which one of the iconic images was of the two countries marching under the crean unification flag at the opening ceremony they also feel that a joint women's ice hockey team in pyongyang and went further at the asian games in indonesia where they fielded a unified team in basketball canoeing and rowing in the latest joint statement the two koreas also said they're planning to participate jointly international competitions including the twenty twenty a limp eight games in tokyo i want to talk more about this i'm joined by strato suffield less as he's a communications consultant for him pick beds and games he works with the twenty eight team committee stratus what's in it for both of these countries. you see the olympic games have served well korea and korea seven games so it's interesting that this is the third the i knew very study of ninety eight games and if you don't

in other words, we are now going to start sending products to south korea. these outcomes give the finest american made automobiles, innovative medicines and agricultural crops much better access to korean markets. i think our farmers are going to be extremely happy. it was very limited as to what they could do and what they could send and now it's a open market and they are going to be sending a lot more farm products. that makes me feel very good. i love our farmers. as a part of this agreement. we have also secured increased access to america's auto industry. south korea will double the annual number of american cars sold within -- in other words, we used to sell a maximum of 25. and we wouldn't even goat that number. and now we're going to $50,000. we're doubling it proximate result manufacturer. that's 50,000 per manufacturer cars. that's each year. so that's a doubling of the cars per manufacturer that can enter its market meeting u.s. safety standards. so we're going with now a u.s. safety standard, the standard was at a point that

a leaders of north and south korea will meet this month in pyongyang in the latest effort towards ridding the peninsula of nuclear weapons north korea's kim jong un said he was willing to work with the u.s. more closely in a meeting with special a special envoy from south korea talks are trying to revive faltering diplomacy between north korea and the united states after kim summit with donald trump in june the u.s. state department has responded to the comments of spokes person says as president moon has stated the improvement of relations between north and south korea cannot advance separately from resolving north korea's nuclear program the united states and the republic of korea work closely together on north korea issues and remain in close contact to coordinate our unified response to north korea rob mcbride joins us live in seoul so rob for those wanting to see some diplomatic progress here this would be a welcome development after a process that scene stalled for a while. yes this is hasn't a long awaited announcement be young the security chief from south korea briefing journalis

south korea's president invited his counterpart to visit while also announcing the construction of ayear which would link the two nations. laura bickersjoins us live from seoul. tell us more about the agreement. we arejust tell us more about the agreement. we are just getting the information through because the translation is quite difficult to go through and this is just happening quite difficult to go through and this isjust happening in real time. what we are hearing from pyongyang is president moon says north korea has promised to decommission a missile site with relevant country experts. that is significant. this would signify that north korea is willing to allow independent experts into the country and to see this dismantling. there will also be further dismantling of the yongbyon site, to key sites where missiles are made and have certainly been mentioned in this agreement. as will see agreement between north and south, there seems to have been further movements towards creating cultural experiences and north and south korea are going to try to come up south korea are going to

until we've got progress on jeanne it throws a ship so in a bit of a chicken the next trish i mean south korea must be hoping that the u.s. will actually if the cops cut them some slack oh misfire. all right now finally this latest meeting was also about improving ties between the two koreas a kind of confidence building exercise how does that washington look at this warming of ties. well that in a sense as i was saying is is is the key question. that they have president trump treated that he was excited and his treats you know count in the strange diplomatic world where living in but some of the people around him i mean i think the hot line national security adviser john bolton will be very wary i am the there is a real risk that south korea as things stand will run ahead of the u.s. process and will i'm sure that when u.s. sorry when the south korean president meets the u.s. president old trump at the u.n. in about a week's time he will cross for some sanctions to be let you know some exemptions granted will the u.s. grant that i honestly that we have to see aid in foster carter thank you so

north korea's leader has told south korean diplomats he has faith in donald trump and wants to get rid of nuclear weapons before trump's first term ends kim jong un also agreed to a third summit with south korea's president expected to be held later this month a major search and rescue operations underway for earthquake survivors in northern japan at least thirty people are feared dead and others are missing on the island of hokkaido early morning six point seven magnitude quake left cranks on the roads of the main city sample landslides are also being reported in some rural areas in the whole day i've heard reports such as people having cardiac arrest landslides collapsed buildings and large scale blackouts saving people's lives is an optimist banerjee while the government deals with the disaster relief we will deal with this crisis south sudanese soldiers have been sentenced over the rape of five aid workers and the murder of a journalist in twenty sixteen a military court handed sentences ranging from four years to life for an attack on the terrain hotel in the capital juba the gove

you've been talking to many in the run—up in south korea. re are mixed feelings. when it comes to his views of north korea, they are generally in favour of president moon's views towards kim jong—un. there are people believe this a risk. there are antagonistic feelings towards south korea, that we should not be engaging in this way. the problem domestically for president moon, the economy appears to be failing. that means he needs to be failing. that means he needs to pay more attention to people in seoul, rather than pyongyang. to pay more attention to people in seoul, ratherthan pyongyang. he can't pay attention to both problems at the same time. that's one of the reasons why he is tried to sell that visit, as a way to boost the economy to link north and south korea by rail, have a railway line that could run all the way towards europe. he is trying to sell all of this is an economic boost, to kill two birds with one stone. you are right about the optics. we will see all of this over the next few days. there is something called the mass gam

and we have seen north koreans cyberattacks on the financial systems in south korea, malaysia. lsewhere. their ability to use what are somewhat deniable tools, and the sanctions that we saw last week on chinese and russian tech firms working with north korea showed that the north koreans are quite sophisticated in the way they are building up their technologies. i think even as the strategy moves forward on trying to achieve denuclearization, it's important to have a robust strategy to manage these other capabilities. but i think we could increasingly seen north koreans using. >> i want to move to the audience. but before i do so, there's an idea that has been floated out there that i want to get your thought on. the way we move forward is we have a declaration per declaration exchange. that the united states makes a political declaration, presumably was south korea, north korea, and china, that the korean is over. and in return, north korea provided us with a declaration of their nuclear program, facilities, and how much facilities they haven't weapons. what are your thoughts?

clearly the energy for this process is coming from the bilateral relationship between south korea andthis process forward and it looks like they have revived this process from a dead—end process to one that now has some hope again. tom collina speaking to recode a little earlier. speaking at an informal summit, mrs may and again rejected the proposal that northern ireland should remain temporarily in the european union's customs union. with just six temporarily in the european union's customs union. withjust six months ago, time is running out to get a deal in place. laura kuenssberg is at the summit. stuck, looking for a way out. the prime minister and other leaders have eight weeks to agree what happens to northern ireland after we leave. her plan says... it is the only credible and negotiable plan on the table that delivers no hard border in northern ireland and also delivers on the vote of the british people. but what we cannot accept is seeing northern ireland carved away from the united kingdom customs territory. but the eu club's plan is very different. they say northern irelan

israel is suspected a russian reconnaissance plane is also vanished just off the syrian coast south korea's president is on his way to pyongyang for his third summit with kim jong il and it's the first time a south korean leader is traveling to the north in over a decade talks of a denuclearization are high on the agenda president picked for the u.s. supreme court will be called back to answer allegations of sexual assault along with his accuser senate judiciary committee had been planning to vote on his appointment this week argentina's former president cristina kirschner has been charged in a corruption scandal the judges are asked for parliamentary immunity to be lifted so she can be detained questions accused of taking millions of dollars in bribes when she was in office last month the senate partially lifted her immunity so she could be investigated those are the headlines we're back with more after an inside story. germany and austria agreed to boost the e.u. border force as divisions heighten over immigration is a sign of increasing all diminishing common ground what extent is the fa

how is it that south korea can never trust north korea given a history?sident moon is a progressive. he comes from the left and is a big proponent of what they called the sunshine policy, which is the open economy, open the romantic relationship. again, what we have to be careful is north korea holds out baby steps in terms of shutting down a missile site, and holding out a dippel medic fig leaf, while creating a backdoor, economically with south korea and undermining the sanctions regime, which is really what drove them to the table in the first place. that is why i am looking very carefully at what comes out of president trump's meeting with president moon to make sure that we are on the same page of keeping that pressure on. that is the only way to make sure that the north koreans are going to give up this program. >> julie: it is hard not to be spat, skeptical. he has comment with with elliptical. kim jong un starting talks because they have slowed down quite a bit, at least when it comes to dismantling nuclear sites, they want time. is this letter ba

denuclearizing the peninsula at a meeting with a special envoy from south korea kim jong un said he still had faith in dollars and wants to work more closely with the u.s. the talks are trying to revive faltering diplomacy between north korea and the u.s. after the leaders met in june rob mcbride reforms from seoul. south korea's security chief jungi young confirming on his return to seoul after meeting with north korean officials wednesday in pyongyang of that this third into korean summit will take place in pyongyang between september eighteenth to the twentieth it will be the third summit between one julian of south korea and kim jong un in an attempt to restart the whole dialogue after the apparent stalling of the go see asians between pyongyang and washington north korean and south korean officials will start meeting next week to lay the groundwork for this upcoming summit it has also been agreed that a liaison office between north and south korea will now be established this was meant to have been set up in august but was delayed because of the trouble to go see a sions between

on the korean peninsula plus south korea. that's what north korea defines as denuclearization of the korean peninsula. the end of the u.s. nuclear umbrella, a promise for no future deployment of nuclear weapons on the korean peninsula. so it's not the same type of denuclearization that we were talking about five years ago or ten years ago. i think two, three months, one year retreat from nuclear potential, we have to think about the price and when it's testifiable, whether we are better off with one year denuclearization, in return for instance all the u.s. troops and all those things that north korea is demanding. but this is something we have to think about. i think we shouldn't rule out the possibility of kim jon denuclearizing. and he's a genius strategist. he knows what he's doing, what he's talking about. >> so talking about that you could withhold some things or go for a year latency, one, we need a risk management strategy, how do we manage the risks of getting partially on this road, and maybe getting what we think we

denuclearisation isn't the only hot topic on the agenda between the leaders of north korea and south korea. samsung's de fa cto korea and south korea. samsung's de facto boss moved from jail. it's tuesday, everyone. good morning, asia. hello, world. that he could join us foran asia. hello, world. that he could join us for an action packed edition of asia business report. we start off with breaking news from the us and president trump has announced further tariffs on around $200 billion worth of chinese products. they will take effect next monday on the 24th of september. 0ur they will take effect next monday on the 24th of september. our business report has the latest from new york. we have seen the president says he is imposing these tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese imports. he announced those intentions were nearly three weeks of hearings in washington as various business leaders during the united states sought to prevent those tariffs from taking effect. clearly they were successful. we see the final list of items is quite likely. why thousand 745 items will be subject. the nota

south and north korea have agreed on a way to achieve denuclearization for the first time it's a very meaningful outcome. the north says it will allow international inspectors to observe the dismantling of its main missile testing site but it's repeatedly promised its closure in the past and the north has now made closing its nuclear plant beyond dependent on reciprocal steps from the u.s. without saying what exactly they want. both leaders have been keen to put on a display of unity at this summit but it's left experts debating if this is a big deal or yet more empty promises. professor robert ray kelly is a political scientist at south korea's prison national university i asked him if he had achieved anything substantial. a little bit i think probably the most important thing meaningful is that the north koreans considered inviting inspectors into the country and now it seems like the two facilities they want to comment have inspectors look at party been decommissioned in one way or another and it might not actually get relevant to the north korean program anymore i'm not sure that

centrists in south korea are still not entirely won over by this president moon was elected with a left wing coalition that very much wants are reached in north korea but moon president has not done i think a very good jobs are reaching out to centrists and conservatives and getting their support for this and that ultimately is necessary so that that relationship with north korea's change that it's built on a national consensus in south korea so that the next time conservatives win the presidency they don't roll this back so that's moon's real trick is to sort of capture at least some conservative vote to maintain this thing in the future but a very clear thanks for joining us professor robert a kelly from national diversity in so thank you. thanks to me and now increasing calls for the country's generals to be tried for genocide against the muslim minority there many of the rangers a fled a brutal military crackdown last year a damning report released today by a u.n. fact finding mission on me and now calls for the army to be stripped of its political power. is a look at just tw

of what the expectations are in south korea 7 it's of what the expectations are in south korea? and say the visit to pyongyang has been a success. i think the sceptics will still say that the actions north korea is willing to take, first of all, they've not taken it so let's put in at their if they take it. lb sceptics who say, we need a timeline, and that some of this could be reversible, plus it may be that these sites are no longer needed by north korea. we don't know where the other sites are. some will say it's maybe not enough. good north korea have gone further? they could. as the corporation, talk of a railway joining could. as the corporation, talk of a railwayjoining the two countries, the idea that kimjong—un railwayjoining the two countries, the idea that kim jong—un will come to seoul and i work with an office of koreans and theyjumped up and they heard that. the first visit the north korean leader the south. these are the kind of measures that will be raising eyebrows but still, he has to deal with economic issues plaguing people within own country first, he has to

[speaking korean] caroline: that was president trump speaking with the president of south korea, a newnounced, a u.s.-korea deal, they said is a big deal and revised the trade fact. south korea will send over more products and a lot more positive things he says are happening with north korea. something for the automakers, farmers. let's go back to patrick chovanec. this is one trade deal signed. what about the rest? >> we had a trade deal with south korea. we have had it since the bush administration. donald trump threatened to quit. the south koreans, given e.g. a political situation, made some modest concessions. it is being announced as something brand-new. on china, there is a consensus that the issues with china are real. the playing field with china is not even an needs to be addressed. if i were to think of how to address that most effectively, i would look at very targeted sanctions. not having tariffs on every chinese import or threatening check -- tariffs on every chinese import. i would work with every ally i could to align support against chinese practices we all disagree w

kelley from south korea suppose that national university welcome to doubly so happy seen some problems as a piece from pyongyang but was anything of substance achieved. a little bit i think probably the most important thing meaningful is that the north koreans considered inviting inspectors into the country and now it seems like the two facilities they want to comment have inspectors look at already been decommissioned in one way or another and it might not actually get relevant to the north korean program anymore so i'm not sure that that's actually a major concession that's up for debate probably in the next couple weeks we'll see what that means but inspectors are something new right i mean we know the north koreans don't like inspectors foreigners can operate freely in north korea all right so if we get that from them that's actually a pretty good start there's enough to keep the process limping along right donald trump said i sent a tweet or two afterwards saying this is sort of a good step so it's still ok but you know there has been movement on the really big issues of nuclear w

it was political scientist robert a kelly from south korea's present national university. germany's fragile coalition government is under pressure after chancellor merkel sacked a controversial domestic intelligence chief and then promoted him to a more powerful post. mohsen was under fire for alleged far right sympathies will now become second in command to germany's interior ministry working for the rebellious horses zehava says a hole of a house demand has defended mawson's unlikely promotion a saying that all three party leaders in the country's coalition government agree to this compromise that is until after social democrats were part of the coalition of wanted mohsen sacked now some party members are questioning the deal struck by their leadership and the chancellor so far as a. political correspondent maximillian a coach a coach joins me now welcome maximillian and so let's start there with as a whole. he he defended this move in a press conference tell us more about what he's been saying he's confirmed and in fact what we've heard yesterday and the official announ

south korea also wants an end of war declaration. it has gone on for 68 years.try to do that by the end of the year. now we will see what a third inter—korean summit would achieve. after months of investigation british police have identified two russian nationals as suspects in the attempted murder of the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia. the men, using the names ruslan boshirov and alexander petrov, are thought to be officers from russia's military intelligence service. mr skripal and his daughter were poisoned with the nerve agent novichok in salisbury in southern england in march. moscow has denied any knowledge of the men, as our security correspondent gordon corera reports. these two russians now stand accused of the salisbury nerve agent attack. it is claimed that in march they deployed the nerve agent which poisoned sergei and yulia skripal, and which months later accidentally contaminated charlie rowley, and killed dawn sturgess. police say they came to the country as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov, but those are thought to

i think south korea is really trying hard to bring in north korea to engage them economically just as the chinese are doing and the big question in south korea is are they going to propose a peace treaty at some point i don't think we're going to see this at the summit this month but i think there's a strong political will in south korea to offer more to north korea to just to bring them in from the cold hard botch the to me earlier that well history was made in the us open final as ninety osaka became the first japanese athlete to win a grand slam title the twenty year old defeated idle serena williams in straight sets but a controversial outburst from williams threatens to overshadow what should have been a night a celebration. serena williams was three one up in the second set in new york when things began to unravel having been handed a violation for receiving instructions from her coach williams was docked a point for smushing her racket as she threw away the chance to go for one up the american already a set don't bluster the umpire calling him a thief and a liar and was probabl

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grandfather never achieved, was a peace treaty, and end of war declaration, and it is something that south koreathe us, however, is unwilling to give it until north korea hands over its nuclear weapons, or at least the list, some kind of itinerary, of what it has and where they are. and thatis what it has and where they are. and that is one of the problems that we have now. the timing of both events, and how they go about it. so that is why there is an impasse. president moon will have three days to try to broker a deal between north korea, before he flies, then, to new york for the united nations general assembly. so this will be quite a pivotal month here on the korean peninsula. a pivotal month. i mean, how like the deed and give is that we will see some breakthrough on this impasse that you were talking about? well, president moon has done it before. it certainly seems that kim jong—un is willing to do something and want some kind of achievement here, on the 70th year of north korea's founding. he has a p pa re ntly of north korea's founding. he has apparently reiterated his will to dig nucl

them in from the cold i mean you mention the fact that they're going to try and potentially engage south korea economically is that the sense that north korea at seventy really needs to do that for the for the state of the nation and the situation that the people find themselves in the absolutely does seventy years of north korea is a celebration for the kim family because they've hung on to power for seventy years there's not that many regimes worldwide that have managed to do that saudi arabia mainly but. for the people it's a horrible situation it's nothing to celebrate seventy years of north korea north korea is in an area where every country around them has really developed and they haven't although they have all the chances and we hope that we'll see some development there that had botched an expert on china north korea from the battles in the foundation thanks for your insights thank you. chan is now at a dramatic final at the u.s. open in new york nine yo soccer has beaten serena williams to claim our first ever grand slam title and a first for a japanese woman or soccer cruised into a

head to russia's far east for a major economic forum with iran helping the for between north and south korea. and insight into europe's immigration issues outspoken interior minister talks exclusively to r.t. . that would live news twenty four seven this is r.t. international from moscow on world news this hour. america's national security advisor is warning syria of a tougher response if it dares to quote use chemical weapons again britain and france will support the move this comes as the u.s. announces plans to stay in the country as well. as washington's policy on syria. the syrian conflict another drawn out affair with the u.s. only digging itself in deeper but as the newly appointed representative for syria engagement stated there's no hurry so an open ended presence in syria is the new reality despite donald trump's call to get us personnel back home will become another syria like very soon let the other people take care of it. surprise surprise plans on syria once again aren't panning out as expected let's roll back to the beginning of. the syrian uprising seemed simple washington's