sergey lavrov the russian foreign minister and mr young they cheat the furnace of china what is this trilateral for and its russia india china the rick format is it still relevant when we have the brics and while all the media attention is dragged to the brics well each grouping has a significant sum for its own brics yes it is one of the most important groupings it which has caught the imagination of. the world leaders and recall so as so sad so but as you know and the india feels that it is extremely benefited by its association with the go to russia and change now in the big cream what the big pharma you know i had very extensive discussions yesterday. for minister level of. foreign ministry activity and we have learned three children's perspective on clouds are pretty developments across the region we talked about syria we talked about. ideally for mentation that are going on in mathematica and it really is a hot spot signal to. the two other partners and ricks i mean russia and china also are the principal partners in the shanghai cooperation of this actually they were actually the founder

lavrov the russian foreign minister and mr young they cheat the firmness of china what is this trilateral for russia india china the rick format is it still relevant when we have the brics and while all the media attention is drive to the brics well each grouping has a significance for its own brics yes it is one of the most important groupings which are scott the imagination of. the world leaders and recall so has serves its own purpose and india feels that it is extreme to benefit it but it's association with both russia and chain and their big crema their big pharma you know i had very extensive discussions yesterday. for minister level of. foreign minister yang jiechi and we have learned perspective on cantor privy developments across the region we talked about syria we talked about. the freedom and peace of going on enough of sicca. radius of the hot spot signal. the two other partners and ricks i mean russia and china also are the principal partners in the shadow i cup ration of there's a surely they were actually the founders used to be the shanghai five now it's wider it's becomin

. >> it will be a big topic at this trilateral summit. japan and south korea have both been very harshly critical of north korea's plans and they have both talked about making contingency plans should that rocket threaten their territories. it will be a big topic of sorts. america has already said it urges north korea not to go ahead with the launch and it will withhold the plant today if it does so. there is real possibility that serious consequences will follow from this action if it goes ahead. we will have to watch to see what happens out of these talks. >> with just over two weeks to go to the presidential election in france, nicolas sarkozy unveiled his manifesto, giving french citizens a sharp warning. re-electon or face the kind of debt crisis that has hit greece and spain. >> president sarkozy is fighting for his political life. there are less than three weeks ago to the first-round of the presidential election. he has edged up in the polls, but currently, he is not the favorite to win. today, the french president used his manife

that's why the trilateral u.s.-korean piece is so important. beijing needs to see if they're not able to use leverage more effectively on north korea, there's another path we have no choice to take, which involves us taking our defense and strengths our revolutions to china. if we're not changing their calculations, we're not going to get much of a change. >> thank you very much. mr. royce is recognized. >> i'm going to pass for the moment, madam chair. >> mr. burton? >> i'm sorry i was a little late. that failed rocket launch cost $850 million they estimate. and i have it before me a report that says that would have bought 2.5 million tops of corn, 1.4 million tons of rice, or enough for the north korean government to feed millions of its people. why did they launch that when they knew that was a direct violation of the leap day agreement? it's like they said they were going to have a hiatus on, let's see, they want to halt nuclear tests, missile tests and allow the international atomic missile energy, iaea inspectors back into the country. th

country the united states but also in europe would not even say it existed they would admit that the trilateral commission skull and bones bohemian grove did what they would say builder burke didn't exist and so we know from past research that the hundred twenty five the leaders that meet there and there are twenty or so guest really do discuss policy behind closed doors and make a lot of important decisions they also have three or four builder burge steering committee meetings over the next year so this is one of the most important globalist meetings ever david rockefeller in his memoirs is written about that royalty attends this and this is one of the most important convair abs out there and hillary clinton was fined back in the ninety's hundreds of thousands of dollars for attending builder berg when she was in the clinton white house and discussing policy at the event violating the logan act while policy is being shot there and this is one of the most elite meetings out there let's talk more about what you were just kind of touching on which is that most of the mainstream media doesn't cove

would be china and india and i and we are doing that you know russia can with confidence into a trilateral mechanism but used to be a russia india china mechanism which has been discontinued and i think you know that's not ideal forum for some of these to be so moved you from our quarterly overcome all right mr eritrean kalya thanks very much and if important situation in context for us here professor and vice dean of the international affairs. the un chief has admitted serious scene and ask elation of sporadic outbreaks of violence recently despite a week old cease fire in a briefing a letter to the security council ban ki-moon also said the u.n. monitoring mission working to stabilize the truce should be expanded to around three hundred members as follows reports of two was caught in crossfire in a suburb of the capital damascus something the observers haven't confirmed animate fresh cease fire violations more and more civilians are searching for a safe place both inside and outside here is borders are to the town avoid of faldo's displaced by the war and left battling for life's essenti

and that lays the need to work even more in this region on a clear trilateral deregulation. for instance, in nano materials for some vehicles. to date we also agreed to work in a coordinated fashion on action that we will be adopting to modernize infrastructure and for border mansion. after 10 years, the last two years we have seen three new crossing areas between mexican and united states after 10 years after not having seen one new route, and the continued to work to make our border more dynamic said it is a border of opportunities. tomorrow in washington, our ministers of economy and of trade will be meeting within the framework of the free trade commission of nafta to continue to work toward achieving these objectives. today we have seen prosperity depends on a greater integration, whiffle respect of sovereignties, and i would like to reiterate the interest of my country to join as soon as possible the tpp and its negotiations because we know mexicans can contribute to a quick and successful conclusion of this project. if we joined forces in this region, we will see the

-canada relations as we are on the heels of a trilateral north american leader summit which was heldtoday at the white house. we think the wilson center for assembling the prestigious panel this afternoon and i'm certain the program will be thought-provoking for all of us here today. it's now my pleasure to introduce today's host, the honorable jane harman, director, president and ceo of the wilson center. thank you all. [applause] >> thank you, andrew, and good afternoon to everyone. i hope the irony is not lost on you that the woodrow wilson center, the living memorial to her 28th president and only ph.d president, who happened to be a member of the democratic party is in the ronald reagan building. [laughter] i only wish we had more bipartisanship going on about a mile from here. i have been the director president and ceo of the wilson center for about a year. on day three of my tenure here, i had the pleasure of welcoming mexican president felipe a calderÓn to speak in this room and the ronald reagan building. so it seems like bookends today to welcome our other north american ne

that is why the trilateral peace as the fence is so important.ng needs to see that if they are not using leverage effectively, there is another path we have to take, which involves strengthening defenses and relations with allies, which china would rather not see. if we are not changing their calculations for their self interest, we will not get much of a change. >> thank you, very much. thank you mr. berman. mr. royce is recognized. >> i'm going to pass for the moment, madam chair. >> mr. burton? >> thank you, madam chairman. i'm sorry i was a little late. we have another committee hearing, but this is most important. that failed rocket launch cost $850 million good i have before me a report that says that would've brought two and a half million tons of corn, and enough for the north korean government to feed millions of its people. why did they launch that when they knew that that was a direct violation of leap day agreement? it's like they said they were going to have a hiatus on, let's see -- they will halt nuclear tests and allow the interna

i was talking with dan pfeiffer there about the trilateral sum summit yesterday with the president obamao felipe cal deron and the prime minister of canada stephen harper. in this morning's "new york times" article about the summit, there is not one word about this. and i don't understand it because to me, it was the most shocking thing that came out of their news conference yesterday, in response to a question to fill felipe calderon, we read about the drug wars and violence down in mexico what are you doing about it? calderon pointed the finger at the united states. he said, look, we all know the more guns there are anywhere in society, the more killings you have and more violence you have. enough one. no. 2, he says in our case the violence escalated in 2004 which is the very year that the assault weapons ban expired in the united states. and nothing has happened since: george bush wouldn't do anything about it but bar a.m.ack obama hasn't talked about it. there is no legislation in congress as far as i know, certainly not pending, to restore the ban on assault weapons so president ca

and in that lays the need to work even more in this region on a clear trilateral deregulation. materials and emission standards for some vehicles. today, we also agreed to work in a coordinated on infrastructure and border manager. the last two year, we have seen three new border crossing areas between mexico and the united states. after 10 years of not having seen one new route. and we continue to work in a coordinated fashion to make our border more dynamic so it's a border of opportunity for progress on both sides of that border. tomorrow, here in washington, our ministers of economy and of trade will be meeting within the framework of the free trade commission of the nafta. so as to continue to work towards achieving these objectives. today, we've seen that prosperity in the region depends on greater integration with full respect of our sovereignties in all fields. in this context, i would like to reiterate the interest of my country to join forces as soon as possible to the tpp or the transpacific partnership and its negotiations because we know that mexicans can contribut

and in that lays the need to work even more in this region on a clear trilateral deregulation. instance, in nano materials and emissions standards for some vehicles. today we also agreed to work in a coordinated fashion on actions that we will be adopting to modernize infrastructure and for border management. after ten years the last two years we've seen three new border crossing areas between mexico and the united states. after ten years of not having seen one new route. and we continue to work in a coordinated fashion to make our border more dynamic so that it's a border of opportunities for progress on both sides of that border. tomorrow here in washington our ministers of economy and of trade will be meeting within the framework of the free trade commission of the nafta so as to continue to work towards achieving these objectives. today we've seen that prosperity in the region depends on a greater integration with full respect of our sovereignties in all fields. and in this context i'd like to reiterate the interest of my country to join forces as soon as possible to the tp

network that is open and comprehensive and built on international groups utilizing such frameworks as trilateralgues, east asia summit and apec. from this point of view, we shall also cooperate with china which is an important partner. it is also important that japan and the united states cooperate to promote necessary rules make anything the areas of -- making in the areas of nontraditional threats such as terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and piracy as well as peace building, ocean, space and cyberspace. in the economic area, we shall deepen bilateral economic ties and fortify the growth and prosperity of the two countries through their promotion of economic integration the in the asia-pacific region. and to this end both our countries will work on investment rules making with a view toward building free trade area of the asia pacific. from this vantage point as well, we shall advance consultations with review to participate anything the trans-pacific partnership negotiations. the common, the shared vision also calls for the strengthening of the energy corporation, and we

-canada relations as we're on the heels of the trilateral leader summit held today at the white housewe thank the wilson center for the panel this afternoon, and i'm certain the program will be thought provoking for all of us here today. it's now my pleasure to introduce the host, james harman, directer, president, and ceo of the wilson center. thank you, all. [applause] >> thank you, andrew, and good afternoon to everyone. i hope the iran yi is not lost on you that the woodrow wilson center, the living me memorial of our only ph.d. president, who was the only president of the democratic party, is in the reagan building. i have been the director of the wilson center for about a year. on day three of my tenure here, i had the pleasure of welcoming mexican president, filipe calderÓn to speak in the building. it seems like bookends today to welcome the other neighbor, canadian prime minister stephen harper to the wilson center's directer forum. as you probably know, all of you, the fex can president and prime minister harper joined president obama in the rose garden just a couple hours a

wondering if you were familiar with such organizations as the council on foreign relations and trilateralommission organizations that are believed to have real power and if they're deliberately blocking the process of the u.n. being corrupt. host: mr. schaefer, take that one. guest: i know the council on foreign relations and i know a number of people that work on the council of foreign relations. i don't believe that it's quite as the caller described it. host: let's go to bridgetown, ohio -- that was duncan on the republican line. let's go to the independent line, richard is in sarasota, florida. good morning, richard. caller: good morning. what is going on in syria? i think it's a disgrace with we there on the ground monitor there. back in the days like years ago, the u.n. would go there and they would go there and take action. it's a disgrace that we're there and all this is going on. the way technology is and the way the world is today, everything is modern now, i don't think we should sit back and look at this, all this killing of these people. these innocent people by one person. w

that's why the trilateral u.s.-japan treaty peace, missile defense is so important. they have a lot of leverage on north korea. it's a path we have no choice but to take which is strengthening our defenses with allies, which china of course in the long run would not see. if we are not changing their calculations, we're appealing to their self-interest, we are not going to get much of a change. >> thank you very much. thank you, mr. berman. mr. royce is recognized. >> i'm going to pass for a moment, madam chair. >> mr. burton. >> thank you, madam chairman. i'm sorry i was a little late. we had another committee hearing but this is most important. that failed rocket launch cost $850 million, they estimate. and i have it before me a report that says that would have blocked 2.5 million tons of corn, enough for the north korean government to feed millions of its people. and why did they launch that when they knew that was a direct violation of the leap day agreement? it's like, you know, they said that they were going to have a hiatus on -- let's see -- halt nuclear tests

that is why the trilateral missile defense is so important. if they are not willing to use leverage effectively on north korea, the only path we have to take involves stretching our relations with allies. if we are not changing their calculations, we are just appealing to their self- interest, we will not get much of a change. >> thank you. >> i'm going to test for the moment, madam chair. >> i am sorry i was a little late. the failed rocket launch cost $850 million, they estimate. i have before me a report the says that would have bought two 0.5 million tons of corn, 1.5 million pounds of rice. why did they launch that when they knew it was a direct violation of the agreement? they said they were going to have a hiatus on -- let's see -- they want us to halt nuclear tests, and allow the iaea inspectors into the country after the hiatus. they turn around and launch the missiles. how do you deal with that? you indicate that we should continue to negotiate, but every time we try, they stick us right in the year. in 2012, we have had both preside

and they need to work even more in this region on a clear, trilateral deregulation. for instance, in nano materials and emission standards for some vehicles. today, we also agreed to work in a coordinated fashion on action that we will be adopting to modernize infrastructure and for border management. after 10 years, the last two years we have seen three new crossing areas between mexican and united states after 10 years after not having seen one new route, and the continued to work -- and we continue to worked -- work to make our border more dynamic said it is a border of opportunities. tomorrow in washington, our ministers of economy and of trade will be meeting within the framework of the free trade commission of nafta to continue to work toward achieving these objectives. today we have seen prosperity depends on a greater integration, with respect of sovereignties, and i would like to reiterate the interest of my country to join as soon as possible the tpp and its negotiations because we know mexicans can contribute to a quick and successful conclusion of this pr

in that is the need to work even more in this region and on a clear trilateral deregulation.for instance, and nano materials and emissions standards for some vehicles. today, we also agreed to work in a coordinated fashion on actions that we will be adopting to modernize infrastructure and for border management. after 10 years, the less two years we have seen three new border crossing areas between mexico and the united states. after 10 years of not having seen one new route. we continue to work in a coordinated fashion to make our border more dynamic so it is a border of opportunity and progress on both sides. tomorrow in washington, ministers of the economy and trade will be meeting within the framework of the free trade commission of the nafta, so as to continue to work towards achieving these objectives. today, we have seen prosperity in the region depends on greater integration with full respect of our sovereignties. in this context, i whether to reiterate the interest of my country to join forces as soon as possible to the trans-pacific partnership and its negotiations