secretary of the treasury, steve mnuchin mr. secretary, thank you very much for joining cnbc. i want to kick off by asking you what has been happening over the last several days, the war of words between tehran and washington we've seen the latest round of sanctions coming out walk us through the next steps for your government? >> thank you it's great to be here with you again. i think you know we continue to have the strongest sanctions ever this week the president signed a new executive order giving treasury even broader authorities to put on sanctions to the supreme leader's office and assets held by them. i announced this week specific sanctions against individuals that have been responsible for bad activity we believe the economic sanctions are working. the president is willing to have conversations. he doesn't want war but the president is determined to enforce the u.s. and our allies interests in the region. >> so you said there are going to be more u.s. sanctions coming down the pike. those could include the foreign minister, could you confirm that and walk me through

yes certainly i mean we got actually the head of the treasury steve muchin and also one of the biggest trait in visors is they're both saying that they do not agree with the president on this measure on the other side we have a hard liner peter navarro saying that he considers this move from u.s. president to donald trump a brilliant so obviously quite different opinions on that and besides that makes it cold now this weekend counter-measures from china actually will go into effect so we certainly opened up a couple of new friends and then also people on wall street are asking what does it all mean for possible kateri of the whole words the european union so at this point everything seems to be possible but as we've seen this shop reaction on wall street maybe u.s. president donald trump might reconsider and so that those terrorists mexico might be avoided at the end so the trade tangle getting even more complicated there . for us in new york thank you now the u.s. china trade war the end just mention that's intensifying new chinese counter tariffs on u.s. imports go into effect on sat

treasury secretary steve mnuchin within the hour >>> and thyssenkrupp shares get a lift on a report of a possible offer by engineering firm kone for the elevator unit. >>> and european chip stocks rise after micron beats third quarter forecasts and resumes shipments to huawei despite a washington ban on the chinese tech giants. >>> good morning the federal reserve chairman, jerome powell, has warned that the outlook for the u.s. economy has deteriorated since early may thanks in part to uncertainty about global growth and trade. powell said publicliey during a speech that the federal reserve remains independent. he insisted the central bank has yet to decide when is the right moment for a rate cut. >> the question my colleagues and i are grappling with are whether these uncertainties will continue to weigh on the outlook and thus call for additional policy accommodation many fomc participants the case for more accommodative policy that strengthened, we are also mindful that monetary policy should not overreact to any individual data point, doing so would add more uncertainty to the out

treasury secretary steve mnuchin tells us president trump will make his next move on the trade war with tariffs but won't back down. >> if china wants to move forward, we're prepared to move forward. if china doesn't want to move forward, president trump is perfectly happy to move forward with tariffs to rebalance the relationship. >>> fiat chrysler wants to revive and thomas cooks is in talks with the sale over the tour operated business. >>> u.s. president donald trump has announced he will not introduce tariffs on mexican goods. they were supposed to take effect today trump now says he'll suspend them indefinitely. the auto sector struggled quite badly since so much of the global supply chain is built around that u.s./mexico trade relationship germany is closed today. let's take a look at how the auto stocks are doing today. sit tron is up 1.2%. renault up 2%. fiat chrysler 1/3 of a percent the closely watched u.s. surplus is $26.89 billion in may that's a number closely watched by mr. trump that's almost $6 billion higher than april you look at how the easing of u.s./mexico trade te

okay, we have treasury secretary steve mnuchin from inside the white house -- >> signing a new executive order authorizing even more expanded sanctions against iran. so now along with our existing sanctions authorities, we have additional sanctions to go after the supreme leader's office. and lock up literally billions of dollars more of assets. along with that action today, we are also announcing specific actions targeting those responsible for recent activities. i think, as you know previously, we have sanctions for his behavior, along with that today, i am going to announce three of his other senior leaders the responsible iranian regime threatening to close the strait of -- the commander of the air force and responsible for downing the u.s. unmanned aircraft and international airspace, as long as pack for, responsible for the ground forces. along with those, we are also designating five naval districts leaders. the sanctions are all very important for recent activities. the president has also designated and instructed me that we will be designating later this week. so with that, i am

secretary of treasury, steve mnuchin, having a discussion with him. hat an opportunity to get talks back on track? what would you hope to achieve? >> yes. i will meet secretary steve mnuchin this weekend in japan. i think we are going to talk global economy of course. and also g20 issues. but also we will discuss the topics that commonly interest both sides. i think it would be a productive talk, as always. >> you mentioned the tariffs. both the u.s. and chinese tariffs what effect have they had to date? me, a badiffs, to idea. i am an economist. for years imist, trade is students beneficial for both sides. really a double edged sword. it's actually hurting chinese economy. it's also hurting the u.s. economy. especially u.s. consumers. >> the chinese economy specifically, the economic data whether it is the industrial profits, retail sales, has all been weaker. what is your assessment of the current state of the chinese economy? >> i think the current state of the chinese economy for the first quarter it was a little better than expected. right now wit

counterparts trade representative robert life and treasury secretary steve i'm a new sion the meetings broke down in may china's xi jinping and president set to meet on saturday on the sidelines of the g. 20 summit in japan to discuss trade as well another front in the u.s. tariff conflict is india u.s. secretary of state might pay 0 is arriving for talks in delhi where trade tensions are also high.

treasury secretary steve minucci and said trump's goal of fixing immigration problems on the mexico border had been achieved but he added strength could still impose tariffs if mexico failed to follow up on its pledges the deal ties trade to migration but the devil could yet be in the detail the final conditions are set to be hammered out in discussions between the u.s. and mexico within 90 days. for more on that mexican journalist from our spanish department is in the studio with me as well thanks for joining us so for now after a tough negotiations between the united states and mexico it appears that this dispute is resolved at least again for now where does that leave mexico well i think it's a very good deal for mexico because while it was very origin to resole these issues though it could affect both of their comics mexican and u.s. american economy and it was also very positive that this on another show that he's a man that do not things with the stomach so at the beginning when he was compared to become president many people argue that he wouldn't be able to. get this kind of conver

secretary treasury secretary steve minucci in meeting his counterpart in china the governor of the people's bank of china this weekend at the g 20 finance leaders summit is that a chance to melt the ice. if you don't want to form a times i would have said yes institutions like the g 20 were initiated to melt the ice between nations to smoove the way how they operate together but even if some of the members of the tribe administration sometimes come out with statements giving hope that you know the governor wants to cooperate the things that the president himself says sound very differently he permanently permanently keeps this rocketing things that is throwing sand in the works of institutions like the g. 20 all right there in frankfurt thank you so much. france's finance minister says there is no need to rush regarding a $35000000000.00 merger talks between comic is renel and chrysler in an interview . said he wanted the deal to go ahead but it was important to take the time to get to the mojo right the french government owns a 15 percent of residual stake in renault and then said it wante

[inaudible] >> treasury secretary steve mnuchin offering remarks following trumps the position of more sanctions on iran today. the president signed those actions earlier partially in response to the recent downing of the us drone lying near iran territory and attacks on the oil tanker carriers in the region. we take you back down to the hearing we were showing on the boeing next 737. >> the boeing has gone through in the last several months. >> is this the pace to get back into service? >> thank you congressman. >> i would expect the that boeing and the faa have this as their top priority as do the air carriers of these airplanes on order. we have 24 maxis and we had 24 maxis in service in american airlines and i believe there's more off the assembly line and that's just oneairline . these aircraft are needed. there needed for passenger service. we want them back. >> you think that this case is to be expected. >> i think the boeing corporation and the faa is capable of getting this airplane back in the sky by the end of the summer . >> i think the fine public would be pleased given yo

treasury secretary steve minucci and said trump's goal of fixing immigration problems on the mexico border had been achieved but he added trump could still impose tariffs if mexico failed to follow up on its pledges. the deal ties trade to migration but the devil could yet be in the detail the final conditions are set to be hammered out in discussions between the u.s. and mexico within 90 days. mexican journalist from our spanish department joins me now in the studio is right and a last minute deal how pleased they are both science with this agreement well i think for makes it very important stuff this these 3 they can cut on me so for now i think for mexico is. a very good deal also for. interpreting arson enterprises in the u.s. because well makes you cry the u.s. are very very close partners with what i think both of the comics of the people there so i think right now people are happy also because the mexican president shows that he can handle he's not like some people said at the beginning of his period that he could be like some kind of model he's open to protect the economy he's open

the conversation involved us trade representative robert lighthizer and us treasury secretary steve mnuchin vice premier liu he. that is your business briefing. food businesses in england and northern ireland would be required to list all of the ingredients used in prepackaged meals to help protect those with allergies. the legislation — which will come into force by 2021 — will be called natasha's law in memory of natasha ednan—laperouse, who died from an allergic reaction after eating a sandwich from pret a manger. businesses will be given a two—year implementation period to adapt to the changes. 0ur correspondent daniela relph has all the details. it was the start of the southern —— summer holiday and natasha was on her way to france but on the plane, she began to suffer a catastrophic allergic reaction and died soon after. natasha had eaten a sandwich from pret a manger. the packaging did not say it included sesame seeds. the ingredients that caused the devastating reaction. since her death, herfamily the devastating reaction. since her death, her family have the devastating reaction. s

you look on your screen here, the number of top officials from both countries, the secretary of treasury stevechin from also secretary of state mike pompeo across from him, that is russian foreign minister vladimir putin. they have met several times, and according to officials of the state of pharma, discussed all the issues we have gone through this evening. >> this relationship is so interesting to me, president putin and president trump, president trump staying just a few moments ago, he is hoping positive things are going to come out of this relationship. of course, he wants a good personal relationship with president putin, but there is so much and distrust in washington. how does he go about doing that? how does he sell that to washington? >> is a difficult thing. if you think about it, the one sort of issue that has really united democrats and republicans, at least in the united states senate, and even in the house, has been a strong response to russia. a reaction to russian interference in the 2016 election, the poisoning of the former russian spy in the united kingdom. the congress pa

we got a surprise appearance from the treasury secretary steve mnuchin in the briefing room earlier today>> some of these were in the works. some of these were in addition. all of the above. reporter: steve mnuchin also telling us, charles, the administration is not yet done with the sanctions at highest of levels against iranian leadership. he also said sanctions against iran's foreign minister are coming as well. charles? neil: charles: blake, thank you very much. for more on the escalating tensions, i'm joined by republican congressman ted yoho from florida. congressman, thanks for joining us. >> thanks, charles. charles: last week president trump had a command decision. for the most part he was applauded. last minute calling off a military strike that could have involved a loss of a lot of lives. they're going deeper into the sanctions. most experts agree it is these tough economic sanctions are creating such havoc within iran, it is causing them to act in a desperate fashion. at what point does it cause them to act in more civilized fashion, come to the negotiating table? >> first of

treasury secretary steve mnuchin is here. the president trump may deliver a stern message to may.r the chinese company huawei. a sticking point between these two nations. on national security perspective and diplomatic perspective as well. the united states wants the uk to do less business with the chinese company awei. more broadly when you talk about trade, real question marks. this remarkable moment of extraordinary political chaos in the uk. at the end of this week, theresa may will no longer be the leader of toris. it's much more of a caretaker role. after friday, loses all the power and authority that she's had. one of her last acts in office will be this meeting with president trump, series of events this week. this is such a critical time for the president to be here. he wants a bilateral trade deal between the u.s. and uk. until the uk can work its own deal with the eu, there will be real question marks about whether and when president trump will be able to get that done. he'll have to hold off uk hits that october 31st deadline. to make a deal with eu for brexit or get o

when treasury secretary steve mnuchin appeared before the house financial services committee last month delay on security and technical reasons. >> the primary reason we've looked at redesigning the currency is for counterfeiting issues. based upon this, the $20 bill will now not come out until 2028, the $10 bill and the $50 bill will come out with new features beforehand. so the answer is it is my responsibility now to focus on what is the issue of counterfeiting and the security features. the ultimate decision on the redesign will most likely be another secretary's down the road. >> congresswoman iyana presley asked the secretary if this was all about president trump, if it came down trump. >> donald trump said the move to put harriet tubman on the $20 bill was pure political correctness and he in fact suggested putting her on a $2 bill. so do you agree that nearly a year of collecting response from across the country can simply be reduced to political correctness? >> i think that right now i am focused on the security features of the u.s. currency -- >> so mnuchin says this is all ab

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secretary of treasury, steve mnuchin, and you will be having a discussion with him. is that an opportunity to get the tool back on track? i will meet secretary steven mnuchin this weekend in japan. i think we are going to talk global economy, of course, and also g20 issues. but also, we will discuss the topics that commonly interest both sides. i think it would be a productive talk, as always. tom: you mentioned the tariffs. what impacts have the tariffs had come a both sides, to date? tariff to me is a bad idea. you know i am an economist. years, i taught my students trade is a benefit for both tariff is really a double-edged sword. it is hurting the chinese economy. it is also hurting the u.s. economy, especially the u.s. consumers. om if: we turn our attention to the chinese economy, the economic data has all been weaker. what is your assessment of the current state of the chinese economy? yi: i think the current state of the chinese economy for the first quarter, it was a little better than expected. right now, the uncertainty of trade war, people see expectation

and the treasury secretary steve mnuchin controversial wife? did her attempt at damage control massively back fire? let's go outfront. >>> and good evening i'm erin burnett outfront tonight the breaking news a source close to the white house telling cnn tonight there is frustration inside the white house over the president's interview with abc news. according to the source, the clips which include the president saying he would happily take dirt on political opponents in the 2020 election, dirt from russia have, quote, been tough. this comes as the president today is offering two strange justifications for that answer, vofgt foreign interference and aid during the election. here is the first one. from a phone interview on fox this morning. >> first of all, i don't think anybody would present me with anything bad because they know how much i love this country. nobody is going to present me with anything bad. >> so the fact that trump said he would listen to whatever foreign adversary had to say doesn't matter because they won't call him because h

last month, treasury secretary steve mnuchin announced an obama-era plan to put harriet tubman, a famedlitionist, on the $20 bill, to be unveiled in 2020, would now be delayed until at least 2026. mnuchin at the time calling it a security issue. >> it is my responsibility now to focus on what is the issue of counterfeiting and the security features. >> reporter: but tonight, "the new york times" is reporting a preliminary design of the bill was almost finished, created before president obama left office. in a new statement to nbc news, mnuchin standing by his decision, saying, "the suggestion that this process is being stalled is completely erroneous. and the bureau of engraving and printing writing in a statement,scrapped" and they "never planned to unveil" the bill's design in 2020. but the timing of the delay causing controversy. on twitter, some calling it a political move to delay the replacement of president andrew jackson, a slave owner, with tubman, with the projected release date coming after president trump would leave office blayne alexander, nbc news >>> there's a lot more t

treasury secretary steve mnuchin said today that he plans to speak with the governor of china's central bank one-on-one about the ongoing trade dispute between the two countries. mnuchin is attending the groupon of 20 major ies meeting in japan with financial leaders. the treasury secretary said that he expects progress to come later this month when president trump meetwith chinese president xi jinping in osaka at the g-20 summit. mnuchin said there are no plans for official trade talks befate eeting. pacific gas & electric announced day that it's turning of power temporarily to 1600 s in northern california in an effort to prevent wildfires. the company ripes to reduce s during what forecasters predict will be a hot, dry, and windy weekend. the company said it may also cut off power to about 30,000 customers in the sierra foothills region that includes the city of paradise, california. a wildfire there last year destroyed nearly 15,000 homes. downed power lines and p.g. & e. equipment are blamed for previous fires and sta regulators recently approved allowing utilities to cut off elect

treasury secretary steve mnuchin blames the delay on features to prevent counterfeiting.nspector general has been asked to investigate. >> trevor: that's right, the inspector general is going to investigate as to why the harriet tubman $20 bill is not yet being made. good question. what's going on with the tubman 20? taking its time? can i say how fun it is to say the tubman 20? ( laughter ) it sounds like the weight you put on in your first year of freedom. that's what it sounds like. seriously, they announced this bill how long ago and now they're coming up with all the weird stories, saying they're worried about security. funny how the white house is doing more background checks on harriet tubman than anybody who actually works at the white house. ( cheers and applause ) or maybe, maybe they're just worried about her, you know. she's famous for escaping. maybe they're worried about her staying on the money. what if they relegal the money? they're going to unveil the bill in the big ceremony. they'll pull off the curtain. here she is! oh, no! gone again! we can talk abo

treasury secretary steve. outlined details of a new sanctions saying they would target assets with billions of dollars along with our existing sanctions authorities we have additional sanctions to go after the supreme leader's office and lock up literally billions of dollars more assets along with that action today we are also announcing specific actions targeting those responsible for recent activities we are have sanctions against bad behavior and there's no question that locking this money up worked last time and there's no question locking the money up works now ok so reaction from tech ron in a moment with dosage of barry but i'm going to start with rosalynn jo noonan in washington d.c. we knew the sanctions were coming can you give us a little more detail on exact will just how tough they really are. well these sanctions are aimed at the top military leadership in iran they're also aimed at the supreme leader ayatollah ali al how many and so this basically means that any financial assets that they have i

game that truly only hurts the poorest of cuba's citizens even the current one on june 4th treasury secretary steve mention announced a new set of travel restrictions on cruise ships going to and from cuban ports this met comes after u.s. national security adviser john bolton told veterans who had participated in the bay of pigs invasion of cuba in 1961 quote the reality is the us that the obama administration sought to normalize relations with a tyrannical dictatorship that targets american citizens murders and torture of political opponents and trampled upon every freedom known to men on the other side of the cuba issue are those who see the concern for democracy and the people of cuba to be little more than pandering to an electorate american university government professor william lee of ground a told fortune magazine that this is a part and parcel of a broader strategy of increasing action against cuba with the aim of collapsing the cuban economy the president wants to appeal to conservative cuban americans ahead of 2020 of the motivation is not a foreign policy one it's domestic politics so t

meantime, treasury secretary steve mnuchin meeting with a top official in japan earlier today. republican senator thom tillis telling maria bartiromo that china should pay attention to how president trump handled trade with mexico. >> if i'm china, i'm worried about the progress we're making with mexico, the passage of the usnca. getting it together and work allows a present to take the same soda strategy to china. he's proven mexico and canada that if we give him maybe even some or in orthodox options for negotiating trade agreements then america wins and is good for american workers. >> had to break it all down, david spunt live at the white house. hi david. >> hi arthel hope you're doing well. the president will head to japan in a few weeks to meet with the chinese president, xi jinping. they'll talk about the tariffs that were implemented last month. we'll see if the deal can be made there but back to the mexican deal that threat of tariffs. the president heavily touting going into her this morning saying that mexico really did a good job here. several months ago, the deal

secretary of treasury, steve mnuchin and you'll be having a discussion with him.unity get the talks back on track? what would you be hoping to achieve? >> yes, i will be meeting with secretary mnuchin in japan. we will be talking about global economy, of course and g-20 issues as all was. but also, we will discuss the topics that commonly interested to both side. i think it would be a productive talk, as always. >> you mentioned the tariffs. what impact have the tariffs had both the u.s. and chinese tariffs to date? >> the tariff to me, is a bad idea. you know that i'm an economist. you see, for an economist, for years, i taught my student comparative advantage and also trade, its benefit for both sides, right? and tariff is really double edge, the sword. it's actually hurting chinese economy. it's also hurting the u.s. economy. especially the u.s. consumers. >> if we turn our attention the chinese economy specifically, retail sales, as all been weaker. what is your assessment of the current state of the chinese economy? >> i think the current state of the chinese

nbc news reporting today trump's tariff threat was opposed by treasury secretary steve mnuchin and u.s. trade representative robert lighthizer. for more, our go-to guy on economics, ali velshi, co-host of "velshi & ruhle." for good measure, he anchored the hour before this one. we heard a rumor he was trying to get home. jonathan allen, happens to be nbc news national political reporter is also joining our conversation tonight. gentlemen, before we begin, here is the president's trade adviser peter navarro on cnbc on this topic. >> why raise american consumers' prices on all thereat stuff coming from mexico? >> so this is one of the most misunderstood aspects of the trump tariffs. china, for example, bears the murder in lower exports, lower prices for their products, lower profits for their companies. the government of the china has the burden of those tariffs in the form of lower tax revenues and lower rate of growth. >> but so is the american consumer. >> no. >> importers pay for it. >> no. the governments of china and mexico will pay for it and the producers in mexico and china pay

treasury secretary steve mnuchin says the china trade deal is 90% done, with reports that the saturday g20 meeting between xi assumestrump and no new tariffs. our reporter on trade joins us from london. what do we know about what might happen saturday for sure right now? reporter: i think what we are seeing is some pretty classic positioning by president trump ahead of his very important talks saturday with the chinese leader. basically, he is laying out two scenarios. one in which there is a cease fire, with no additional tariffs. plan b, as he describes, is the next wave of tariffs on $300 billion of remaining chinese imports that aren't currently subject to them. i think you are seeing trump reminding his chinese counterpart that these penalties are looming overhead if they can't get on a pass to a deal. he talked about the currency. he talked about the fact that the chinese currency bounces around like a ping-pong ball. is he basically putting the dollar in play here? is he making a very -- making it very clear that a leg of this is about the currency situation? brendan: yes. this

the treasury secretary steve mnuchin claimed the crackdown would, quote, keep us dollars out of the handsan military intelligence and security services, commercial flights will still be allowed. >> hollywood hypocrisy reaching new heights as another company takes aim at georgia. amc network's latest threatening to pull production in the state over the recently passed heartbeat bill. some companies with human rights violations, is this another double standard? joining me to weigh in is the house of the michael noel show. thank you for being with us. a lot of movies are made in really oppressive countries. what you think of this? >> are you suggesting there is hypocrisy in hollywood? i never heard of such a thing. of course studios are perfectly willing to open a $5 billion disney resort in china, perfectly willing to this china is one of the worst human rights abusers in the world, colombia, malaysia, but in our own home country, georgia doesn't want to kill babies they're going to boycott, going to force a choice on the citizens of georgia, tried to extort them to sell their souls, $92,00

steve mnuchin sitting down with cnbc let's get to nancy hungerford. she spoke with the treasuryretary. nancy? >> reporter: hi there, brian i did, indeed. no doubt about it, secretary mnuchin saying all of the finance ministers meeting here for the g-20 meeting were happy about that news around mexico. for the japanese, the automakers weren't happy. they were very concerned about the u.s. and china and where we head from here i asked secretary mnuchin about what went wrong. here he was meeting with the pboc minister for the first time that's critical. we spoke to him after that meeting so i did ask for more information on where we stand today. take a listen. >> i think we were -- we had a deal that was almost 90% done. china wanted to go backwards on certain things we've stopped negotiating. if china doesn't want to move forward, then president trump is perfectly happy to move forward with tariffs to rebalance the relationship >> reporter: so there you have it the comment from secretary mnuchin saying they are very happy to move forward with tariffs if those talks in osaka don't

he originally reported the treasury secretary steve mnuchin had said a trade deal between the unitedtually they should have used the past tense but escaped their ears.to explain they were about 90 percent of the way on a deal before the communist chinese dictator, xi jinping -- [laughter] i mispronounced that.and i have to tell you it was not on purpose. president trump today says the deal could still happen but he's also happy with where we are now. and that is our president. companies have been dodging american tariffs on billions of dollars of goods, the wall street journal reports they do it by processing american goods through countries and then export them to us. they turn out to be at the minimum, the vietnamese and others pay they been trying to read other practice known as transshipment others call it clever thievery. general site, national security expert, present for the center for security policy, great to have you with us, k.t. mcfarland great to have you with us. let's start with, today i call for full restitution for the chinese before anyone signs a deal for trade. th

they appeared in videos going after the treasury secretary steve mnuchin and talking "game of thrones." how valuable is this association for warren? >> it's really valuable. representative ocasio-cortez has positioned herself as the biggest endorsement of the 20 to 20 -- 20. her ideology aligns with senator sanders and senator warren. our reporting says that representative ocasio-cortez is likely going to sit out for a while to try to push her issues specifically the green new deal. she's praised other candidates like a running the climate change candidacy. she doesn't want to side with a person too early. for senator warren, she wants to position herself like senator sanders as the progressive challenger to vice president biden. to the degree she can get the ocasio-cortez', the presleys, the talibs, those folks who make themselves more famous in the house for the new leftist message. to the extent they can get behind her, it only bolsters her more to say she and not senator sanders or someone sels the main progressive challenger to biden. >> warren was asked how she'd overcome the se

mike pompeo to saudi arabia and the national security adviser john bolton to israel and treasury secretary steve mnuchinrain. there instructions from donald trump, get america's middle east ally on board as soon as possible. >> thank you so much. donald trump issuing this warning to iran today. >> a lot of restraint has been shown bias. a lot of restraint. doesn't mean we are going to show them the future, that i felt we want to give this a chance, give a good chance. >> let's turn to tom cotton who says from the senate armed services committee and the new york times bestseller sacred duty, great to have you with us tonight. >> good to be on with you tonight. >> a tweet from iran's foreign minister, the subject of additional sanctions later this week, donald trump is 100% right the us military has no business in the persian gulf. removal of its forces is in line with interest of the us and the world but it is clear that the team is not concerned with us interests, they despise diplomacy and thirst for war. the president repeatedly said during his campaign he wasn't about war, wanted to get out o

secretary of treasury steve mnuchin, having a discussion. is that an opportunity to get talks back on track question -- on track? gang: yes, i will meet mnuchin in japan. we are going to talk global economy, of course, and also g20 issues. but also, we will discuss the are commonly interesting to both sides. it will be a productive talk, as always. francine: you mentioned the tariffs, what impact have they had? gang: the tariffs, to me, is a bad idea. i am an economist. as an economist, for years, i my students that comparative advantage and trade is beneficial for both sides. are really a double-edged soared. it-- sword. it is hurting the chinese and american economy, especially consumers. tom: turning to the chinese economy, the manufacturing data has all been weaker. what is your assessment of the current state of the chinese economy? i think the current state of the chinese economy, for the first quarter, was a little better than expected. , the trade war expectations have turned negative and gloomy. but still, the chinese economy is res

and the treasury secretary steve mnuchin controversial wife?ely back fire? let's go outfront. >>> and good evening i'm erin burnett outfront tonight the breaking news a source close to the white house telling cnn tonight there is frustration inside the white house over the president's interview with abc news. according to the source, the clips which i

are pointing to this increased surveillance as it receipts to iran and money laundering, treasury secretary stevenuchin made comment about that earlier this morning, though the comment that the treasury secretary were made were at an event long planned out before the events unfolded yesterday and into last night. we heard from president trump a little while ago. spoke to nbc's chuck todd at the white house of the laid out his thinking how all of this played out. the president telling chuck todd that planes were nearing to the point of taking to the skies when he made the final decision not to strike three target inside of iran as retaliation for shooting down the u.s. drone. the president recounted how he asked military leadership for what a casualty count might be before he made the final call. listen. >> came back, said, sir, approximately 150. and i thought about it for a second. i said you know what? they shot down an unmanned drone, plane, whatever you want to call it, and here we are sitting with 150 dead people that would have taken place probably within half an hour after i said go ahead.

it. ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) the whole trump caravan was there, including treasury secretary steveked to the royal banquet alongside duchess kate. (as mnuchin) "princess, if you would just kiss me, i will still be a giant frog." ( laughter ) ( piano riff ) but the brits denied him one big honor. unlike his predecessor, trump won't be staying overnight at buckingham palace, and instead, he will stay at winfield house, the stately home of u.s. ambassador woody johnson. yes, "woody johnson." ( laughter ) maybe the most memorable diplomat name since 1920s ambassador, hugh g. member. ( laughter ) ( applause ) i'm sorry. i'm sorry. you're a nice person. i don't know. i'm sorry. so much nicer on this show, but it's not personal, folks. it's just that buckingham palace is reportedly unable to host the trumps because of ongoing renovation work that began in 2016. (as royal aide) "oh, mr. president, mr. president, so sorry, we'd love to have you stay here,Ñi bt the chimney sweeps are cleaning the loo. it won't be done until 2020 or, god help us, 2024." ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) tr