defining argue for that ownership of that trilateral is him. i think if you allow it to be separated and perhaps i'm speaking here to people who are ul, if you allow south korea's relationship to china to be separate from its diplomacy with japan, you weaken yourself over the long run. the same goes for tokyo. if you allow the estrangement with seoul and only focus on china, you have weakened or latitude going forward. i hope that this trilateral occasion, if we could see it happen in a constructive way, on september 3 or the morning of the fourth, i think all of this -- all of us on this panel would be delighted. but at least don't allow the separation to continue in a way that is going to make trilateral is him either unimportant or not possible at all. mr. green: many of you probably followed the summit last spring in shanghai which brought together continental eurasian .eaders hosts pressed all the participating countries to sign onto a joint statement opposing blocs in asia which was an unambiguous attack on u.s. alliances. calling for a n

it's less risky as we have been saying if she does it in the trilateral. it's been to participate in the commemoration at the end of the war. extremely risky for him though because the ministry which is who tokyo talked to what end wouldn't control the spin on the parade. and i think it is almost certain that it will be a very militarized. for a whole host of reasons in the chinese decision-making and dust at politics agnostic politics but it's a lot less risky to be after. so i haven't thought about this but if you think about the logic, we should all be pushing this and pushed into 50% because it would make a lot of sense. >> thanks to the panel, great discussion. i have two questions. one is bureaucratic. is there any reason that the u.s. reaction came from the spokesperson rather than the ambassador with a secretary of state or wherever i think after the visit it came from the ambassador, so wondering about that and the other thing is i'm struck by the prediction that the prime ministers will apologize anymore. and if that is the case if you can look b

and i think starting with something for the trilateral cooperation is a good start.but solving the north korea issue is entering problem for the region. >> let me go to the very back and then come up to the front. let me take those three next and then will bring others as we can fit in. >> jacob. thank you for coming in and talking with us. i was wondering, you mentioned you were not sure of nuclear cooperation could be a soft cooperation issue. what they would you recommend for them, like a new perhaps hopefully not talk shop? we see southeast asia and russia involved with tha it because the in range that any potential accident as well? >> what you think would be the best platform to go about it? >> thank you very much indeed for your question. let me take the other two at this time and then jim will address them all. >> two quick questions. the first question, i've seen at least some commentary on napci talking about it as not part of south korea's -- which is a fuzzy term but i'm wondering if that's a useful way to think about it, and also has that been pushed by

and in doha there is a trilateral meeting. what is the u.s. hope og to get out of that? >> a push on the diplomatic front to try to end the civil war in syria. russia does have considerable political influence with the government of bashar al-assad. given that the civil war is in its fifth year and you have more than 200,000 syrians killed in the fighting it's become an untenable situation for the international community. and certainly the u.s. is trying to take advantage again of this nuclear deal with iran to try to see if there are other areas where influence can be brought to bear. and it's not just moscow that has influence. it's tehran that has influence in damascus. the obama administration are trying to play what many here in washington are calling the long game trying to find ways to leverage this deal that is a very critical situation, which is the ongoing syrian civil war. >> roslind, thank you. >> syrian fighter jet has crashed into a market leaving 27 people dead. >> this girl is looking for her father. many of the children that were rescued abouter are woun

shery: what about the impact of the statement on the trilateral alliance with the u.s.?apan, south korea, and the u.s.? andres: i think the u.s. is keen civility and security in the region. it has pushed japan to go down the route of apology. one of the words on the checklist. japan.ot only about role should the u.s. play as well. triangles orabout perhaps a square, there is china and korea. also the china element so to speak. be skeptical,y they will want the u.s. to keep the japanese restraint. they will be worried about the chinese as well. shery: thank you for joining us. coming up next, the indonesian trade minister says he is ready to push back against protectionism. we are live in jakarta for the details. ♪ look him back. you are watching "trending business." the indonesian president has delivered his first state of the union address. t his due to presen 2016 budget. let's go to jakarta. the southeast asian correspondent. good morning. good morning, shery. the president has wrapped up his speech. indicated he wants to change the economy. once to move away from an

vonnie: will we see more bilateral trade agreements or trilateral trade agreements?t we have seen over the last 20 years. vonnie: we have seen that. more ofu keep putting those trilateral agreements in place, you will see a new landscape in place. tom: speak of globalization and its discontents. bernie sanders, donald trump, they are polarities a part, but their common theme is discontent. carl: they are tapping into discontent of the middle class. you are seeing lower interest rates in the last of which pressure in the economy in general. these are all results of globalization. there be a trade prescription a better policy in america? not: four janet yellen, do pursue a strong dollar policy because he will clobber the average u.s. worker. s a worker of a multinational corporation, where should i switch production? relative to anyone else coming u.s. workers become more expensive as well. if you blindly dive into raising to claim rates victory over the financial crisis, and the dollar gets parity with the euro, and will allow the fed to win off the back of american w

trilateral meetings have been postponed because of the chinese. hope this law will be an occasion for the leaders to meet and i hope the sole and tokyo will find a way to make the meeting a positive opportunity for the relationship. finally there's meetings and i think the visit in september followed by president pac will be very critical to setting the stage for the japan south korean diplomacy. when they stop there and hopefully continue the conversation during q&a. >> thanks very much, sheila. >> good morning everyone. thank you for coming here and a special thanks to bruce and heritage for putting together the panel and audience. it's an honor to join with friends and colleagues on this occasion. i am not going to deliver my remarks in japanese or korean or chinese but rather a new york city english if you'll forgive me. let me begin with a quick personal take on prime minister abe statement which i found as the latest somewhat halting, very complex and occasionally problematic staff in japan's ongoing attempt to try to deal with its troubled

even over yemen what has happened we think is the trilateral meeting between kerry and laive lavrov, that the russians are concerned about the syrian government might collapse or could collapse. the meeting with saudi arabia, obviously they are trying to find ways and means to reach a political settlement. >> it was interesting, sergey lavrov mentioned syria they wouldn't unconditionally support the government but will continue to support it, but criticized the u.s., it wasn't important to have the geneva accord without all the parties. that main stumbling block is still there. >> to suggest a break through has happened, that is not question. obviously there is some movement and back channel between the americans and the russians. these are not my words. barack obama is saying, the russians are moving on the eastern front. saudi arabia is a key player, as is qatar. the next question is how will the americans respond? iran would play games inside syria we shall see. this is not end this is probably the beginning of finding a way to deal with the presence of assad because this is a maj

relations with china since the end of the cold to xid yet pak is closer and trying to broker a trilaterala and china and japan which would be a game changer. rishaad: if it didn't happen. is there an internal message? one for the people? david: one can look at this as asinformal anointment as xi the most powerful leader in china since deng and maybe even farther and he will be presiding over the parade. that is a tough message about who is in control. there is the other message which is that we have a strong military and that puts the parade right in the center of xi economic and diplomatic and military resurgence after the hundred years of humiliation which ended in 1949 after the defeat of the japanese. of the messages, not least that it is the communist party that you can thank for getting the japanese out of china although there is a bit of a recognition at the kremlin that the nationalists have the role. some veterans have been invited. rishaad: taiwan has some of these as well. david: taiwan has recommended that veterans do not go. rishaad: david tweed. up next, reversing reforms. w

beijing refused to have a word afghanistan.n or today, we have embarked on projects and convened a trilateral discussion, both firsts of their kind with the chinese. our efforts to spur broader regional integration involve diplomatic endeavors, involving key neighbors, and economic initiatives, energy connectivity between countries. they are fully implementing the promise of the trade agreement. our interests in stability and afghanistan and pakistan is no less secure than it was 14 years ago. the achievements that have been made in afghanistan and pakistan have, the cost of an immense investment in blood and treasure by not just the united states, but by our coalition partners and most of all by afghans and pakistanis. those investments can be redeemed and our interests secured only by continued the pharmacy. -- continued diplomacy. i am honored to learn from some diplomats, working with what remains the most dedicated team i have ever seen. i will watch with interest as they continue this critical work. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, ambassador feldman. is encouraging to see so much in