stopwatch they're going to vote for it and the same thing with europe suddenly would have young stoltenberg nato secretary general was critical you know bill has just i must assume days ago suddenly in december if you says there are no new american you say i was in europe but there are new russian missiles suddenly russia is part of europe well that's. actually not true and second it doesn't mention that larger is which are prohibited by the treaty u.s. lodger's they ever gave for one lodgers they can fire tomahawk cruise missiles or her europe and there's another to get out of there with that in one thousand. and it was signed paul and was an ally of the soviet union baltics and you could not imagine the baltics would be part of nato they are part of needle but stoltenberg and others be nothing to do the one of the reasons that's being cited by the time put me on station by the white house for withdrawing from the i.m.f. to reach here is that there are new powers like china that have these intermediate range missiles and the they're not within the within the limits of this teaching but in

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secretary-general jen stoltenberg's first public comments about the case came today as he met in bucharest with romania's president. addressl on beijing to canada's serious concerns and we have to remember that nato is founded on core values, democracy, individual liberty, and the rule of law. that is also the reason why we follow this case with such great concern. mark: a chinese court also sentenced a third canadian to death in a sudden retrial of a drug case, overturning a 15-year prison term handed down earlier. global news 24 hours a day, on-air, and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. live from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i'm shery ahn. >> welcome to bloomberg markets. we are joined by our bloomberg and the an end bloomberg audiences. . investors sentiment lifted as the s&p 500 heads toward its best month in more than three years. let's make a deal. president says something will happen with china when it comes to trade. we go to washington for the latest. amazon is up af

joining me now is jens stoltenberg, secretary-general of nato.ng with us today. >> thank you for having me. john: first of all, another pressing issue, venezuela, and it's one that a lot of nato members are involved in, france, spain, germany, the u.k., or pressuring maduro to hold elections in seven days or they will recognize juan guaido, maduro sort of laughing at the idea. the situation in venezuela, how tenuous do you think it is, and could it devolve into civil war? >> it's a very serious situation, and many nato allies are trying to help to find a solution, but i think the most important thing now is to avoid a civil war, avoid violence. and, therefore, nato allies support the effort to try to find a negotiated solution. john: recently here in washington, d.c. the house voted overwhelmingly on a measure that would require congressional approval for the president to pull out of nato because the president has threatened that he will pull out of nato if other nato nations don't live up to their financial commitment. he has since said i'm 100%

will for nato remarks appeared to be at odds with needles official views secretary general younes stoltenberg. has repeatedly stressed the need for better relations with russia made this goal is not the new cold war we struggle for a but the relationship with russia but not in the old cold war nato does not want the new cold war. you know has boosted its military budget this year by more than seven percent to one point four billion euros and its civilian budget has also been increased surf londres from the anti-war international action center says the alliance is using the russian threat as an excuse to spend taxpayers' money to trances comments seem to be. on her own furt conscious threat against russia warmer retired general cia director petraeus does not represent just his own personal views he represents. the u.s. role in establishing feel mongering as an essential part of every military budget of course they have to say that there is a threat on russia if they're going to get the military budget the day one and force the countries in europe the nato members to also ante up which is the p

jens stoltenberg was speaking after the german chancellor angela merkel called for the creation of aneta is 70 years old this year. 70 years on, what is it for? —— nato. the main purpose of nature is to preserve peace and we do so by standing together based on the idea one for all and all for one and as long as any potential adverse reno ‘s that an attack on one ally will trigger a response from all allies, then we are able to maintain peace, stability and preserve the security of the alliance. but what is the threat these days? we see many threats, terrorism, nuclear weapons, fibre, and aggressive actions of russia on the streets of salisbury, crimea, to be straight in the eyes of c. we see also the challenges that relate to china's rising power, big economy, technological advances in industries and also rising military power. and in the united states for instance the focus on the comparison between the united states and china but if you add europe, than actually we are by far the biggest, close toi billion people, half of the world's military might and half of the world's gdp or eco

he would have young stoltenberg nato secretary-general was critical to build just on the us to stay days ago suddenly in december he says there are no new member couldn't you say i was in europe but there are new russian mishaps suddenly russia is part of europe well that's. actually not true and second it doesn't mention that launchers which are prohibited by the treaty u.s. launchers they advocate for one launchers that can fire tomahawk cruise missiles all her europe and there's another point of this is that in one thousand. and was signed paul important and why all of the soviet union baltics you could not imagine the bold exclude big box of nato they are part of nato but still don't. see if nothing to do the one of the reasons that's being cited by the time for the new station by the white house for withdrawing from the i.m.f. to achieve is that there are new powers like china that have these intermediate range missiles and the they're not within the within the limits of their states you but it in fact when they state it was signed in one thousand nine hundred seven before that for

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and we were talking there, i was talking with jens stoltenberg about this typeline that germany is relyingn't germany want to buy energy from the united states, now the number one producer, rather than being vulnerable to russia given what we know about the russians? >> well, with the current russian aggression that's taking place all over the globe and especially in eastern europe, it's amazing to me that the germans have not figured this out. you know, after two world wars, after the cold war, you'd think they would figure this out. they don't seem to care, which i think should bother everyone around the globe. germans are great allies of ours. they have a big economy. but yet we were just talking about poland. poland, romania and others realize that as long as the russians and putin are acting the way that they're acting, it is not okay for people within nato to be striking deals that would make them reliant, totally reliant -- that's the problem here, is if you become reliant on a dictatorship like the putin regime, you really put yourself and you put all of europe in a very bad positi

role in the strategic alliance with the end stoltenberg, secretary general of the north atlantic treaty organization. it all right now on on "fox news sunday" ." hello again from washington. and the clock is reset and the battle over the border wall, federal workers will soon be returning to the job, but their paychecks could be in jeopardy once again if congress cannot strike a deal by february the 15th when the stock spending measure, does not include$5.7 m. president trump wants for his proposed wall or at least some percentage of that. he has threatened to let the government shut down again or declare a national emergency to bypass congress. joining me not to talk more about this is the president's acting chief of staff mick mulvaney. welcome back to fox news sunday, thanks for taking the time. i know you got back to south carolina to see your family for the first time since new years. >> think so much for having me as always. >> that the president gave the democrats? a lot of democrats think that he capitulated here because he really came away from 35 days of a government shutdown

ago, the debris of world war ii, and the development of the nato, leading us to the norge region stoltenberg remarkable that you wanted to the south pole -- wandered to the south pole. what was it like? >> not by helicopter. i did not go on skis. we went by plane. we were there to celebrate the 100 anniversary of the first man reaching the southall, a norwegian. norwegian.le, a tom: the big event for nato is it survival. a challenge from trump. now you regroup. give us the philosophy for 2019? >> nato philosophy is that as long as your and north america stands together -- europe and north america stands together, we are strong. 50% economic might, and 50% military might. despite issues on trade and climate change, nato has proven capable of uniting around the core task of defending each other. upopean allies are stepping in defense spending since president trump came to office. jonathan: his instinct there was correct. the various governments of nato have not made contributions the way they promised. did you agree with him when he started making those concerns vocal over the last year? >> i

. >> in brussels, nato chief yens stoltenberg warning that russia is violating a cold missile treaty complying with it. he said the inf treaty signed in 1987 has kept europe and the world safe. >>> harvey weinstein was back in court with a new defense team. the judge formally signed off on the changes to weinstein's legal team in his sexual assault case. weinstein replaced his attorney with four new lawyers indicating jose baez and ronald sullivan. that's the news update, guys, have a great weekend i'll see you monday. >> you, too, sue thanks very much. >>> up next here on the "closing bell," the chinese slowdown may be bad for apple we will look at why other consumer companies like starbucks. >>> and we'll hear from the head of the transport workers union on how much the government shutdown has hurt his members and whether a quick turnaround is in sight. alerts -- wouldn't you like one from the market when it might be time to buy or sell? with fidelity's real-time analytics, you'll get clear, actionable alerts about potential investment opportunities in real time. fidelity. open an