u.s./russia relations. panelists include the former u.s. ambassador to russia, and the current russian ambassador to the u.s. this comes ahead of the g-8 summit at camp dach vid this we. >> welcome. i'm meredith, the chair in international business here at csis. on behalf of myself, and the director of our russian-eurasia program program. on the eve of the g-8 summit meeting and period leading up to the vote we hope next month in the russian state to ratify russia's succession to the wto, world trade organization. since 2009, the reset in relations between russia and the united states there, have been many successes, including the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, cooperation on afghanistan, iran, and north korea. civilian nuclear power, and other areas. but there have been notable differences over syria, missile defense, human rights, enforcement of intellectual property rights and con dufkt elections last month. both president put spin and president obama have called for a deepening of economic cooperation between the two countries. the russian state dum

u.s.-russia relations. we're expecting that will get under way soon now. president obama is hosting a g-8 summit next week. the russianian president is skipping the immediating and he's sending the prime minister in his place. that is at the center for strategic and international studies in washington, d.c. and we'll be bringing you life coverage of that any minute no:. while we're waiting for this event to get under way. house speaker had a -- he talked about gas prices and president's boims announcement yet that he supports same sex marriage. >> good morning. just last week the american people received another depressing jobs report. just 115,000 americans found work, while three times that many gave up looking for work. wages in the country are flat, and while they've fallen slightly, gas prices are still way too high. and you know, it's graduation season around the country and today half of new college grads are not going to be able to find a job. and between a weak job market, falling home prices and t

u.s./russia business side, we have done a profile by each sta state. and basically put a radar together, what businesses are in each state that today have business with russia, that export to russia. we have it by state. it's pretty fascinating to see this. if you go two states -- i have numbers from two states here. new york exports goods in 2011 of about 500 million to russia. and there's 1,400 behind. so basically doubling would mean for the state of new york 1,400 more jobs. if you go to california, the number is 665 million of exports in the last year and 2,000 jobs behind it will double. can anybody really say today that we can afford to leave this on the table? and the other thing is, can you really think oh, we don't decide today. we probably have a chance to do it next spring. that's a total misassessment of how competition is today. because there are companies in other places in the world that are prepared to jump in immediately and basically take the opportunity. so i think, if it needs more convincing the arguments i think are very, very cle

u.s./russia trade relations. to make a long story short, as we all know, in the fall of last year, russia was formally invited to join the wto. the negotiations were concluded after many, many hours in which russia, the united states, our european allies all identified the benefits to the world economy, not just to our own economy, not just to russia's economy, but to the world economy of having russia as a member of the wto. this to me is the achievement i'm the most proud of playing a small part in because the dividends from that will continue to pay out for years and even decades to come. as sergei said and i couldn't agree with him more, the foundation for a sustainable productive relationship between the united states and russia is a strong economic relationship. when i was coming up through the state department, arms control was the center of gravity and sergei and i both labored in the trenches on arms control negotiations for many years and as he said it's still extremely important but now a strong commerc

u.s. interest and in russia's interest for russia to be joining the wto, and for the u.s. to be benefitting from russia's entry into the wto and that will only take place when pntr is history, when pntr is granted, and jackson vanek is history. i would say something, though, which is i would offer the following observation. i think you are three baskets of objections that you described, i think those are accurate baskets. this is a complex bilateral relationship, but i do agree with the ambassador that we need and we should be at the point where we can navigate a complex bilateral relationship in some sort of normalcy and that should enable us to have a healthy bilateral economic relationship, economic and commercial relationship, and still be trying to -- still be working our way through complex foreign policy disagreements. now, i am speaking as a former u.s. cabinet official who went around the world listening to individuals around the world always second guessing u.s. politics, okay? everyone, trust me, everyone in the world has an opinion about u.s. politics and our ec

u.s. and russia. you know absolutely i think the you know the hard line is growing between the u.s. and russia in fact i see in mainstream media across our country here in the u.s. that russia is increasingly being demonized as is china and i think there's no there's a reason for that and i think it's you know whether to make. russia and china the enemies in the coming period it will benefit the military industrial complex but i think the greatest issue here is the competition over declining resources on the world with the climate change it's happening which by the way is our real problem we should be investing in that rather than a whole new arms race on all sides we should be dealing with climate change but as we see the arctic melt increasingly they're now saying that they're going to be very well corporations are going to be able to do drilling for oil and natural gas in the arctic region which puts us in huge conflict with russia. so i think that this nato expansion of this missile defense systems going into poland romania turkey and so in other countries throughout. the russia'

u.s. pntr has nothing do really with russia. this is about u.s. business profiting from it. and the export council of the president has done a very very good job in looking at export opportunities and they came up with a nice study saying we can double supports from the u.s. to russia in the next four to five years, i mean with the pntr status and having looked at that, that's pretty credible. we have done with the coalition that we founded, we have done a profile by each state. and basically put a radar together, what businesses are in each state that today have business with russia, that export to russia. we have it by state. it's pretty fascinating to see this. i have numbers from two states here. new york exports goods in 2011 of about 500 million to russia. so basically doubling would mean more jobs. if you go to california, the number is 665 million of exports in the last year and 2,000 jobs behind it will double. can anybody really say today that we can afford to leave this on the table? and the other thing is, can you really think oh, we don't decide today. we probab

missile defense has been in a deadlock for some time now that's certainly no secret between the u.s. russia and nato and once again russian officials today reiterated the sentiment that bad deadlock needs to end or else russia is going to take responsive action we heard the phrase preemptive strike this is pretty harsh rhetoric we're hearing from russia they're very serious about their their concerns their national security concerns being taken. consideration by nato and the u.s. we also heard from officials that if some kind of compromise isn't made that they're warning of in fact another arms race so very strong words coming from russia what they're hoping to come out of this today's summit is first of all to prove that these so-called rogue states like iran and south korea which the u.s. and nato say this missile defense system which is well underway in eastern europe in poland romania even as far as turkey that russia has research and is giving basically officials details on why they believe those two countries certainly don't have the missile capabilities to reach europe so a lot of qu

u.s.-russia relations will start live here on c-span3 at 5:00 p.m. eastern. yesterday mitt romney campaigned in oklahoma city with oklahoma governor mary fallon. it was hours after president obama anoujsed his support of same-sex marriage. >> thank you all for coming today. i want to thank chairman panell for hosting us today and all of those who have come to be part of our welcoming team to governor mitt romney to the great state of oklahoma. and it is my great pleasure to welcome governor romney, the next president of the united states, from the great state of oklahoma. >> thank you, governor. [ applause ] >> governor romney, i'm sure you have heard that you are now in the reddest state in the nation. >> congratulations. >> senator john mccain when he ran for president in 2008 carried every single county in the state of oklahoma. so i'm promising that i'm going to do all i can to help you carry every county, every 77 county in the state of oklahoma to help you in your race for the president of the united states. in oklahoma is a great state, we're a very co

[laughter] is in russia's interest and u.s. businesses engaged in capitol hill they recognize the importance. it would be a shame if the most vocal with russia secession was punished with government procurement actions. said afp for the timing because i would say or predict just as in russia will be a member of the wto. the only question is timing. is it july or after? i know the business community is working very hard. i predicted this in parallel with other pieces of legislation. leading this to the high foreign policy you are used to dealing with much more complicated issues. put on your big boy pants. the relationship will survive. [laughter] >> i can only say very simple, i did buteo gives a level playing field. if you look at the largest wealth creation and engines larger than any country or countries together coming here we bring in another country on to the system with conflict resolution mechanisms. look at those negotiations that it is very good. finally what we always wanted. second to, i would argue to say is an elec

coming up how will the presidential elections in russia and the u.s. affect their foreign policy and what's become of the much vaunted reset of relations between the two. puts these and other questions in the spotlight next a lot. hello welcome to spotlight and thank you show on hard to. put into this in may have been speculations about his foreign policy strategy and particularly about rush limbaugh like. power and possibly the foreign policy may change too as americans will decide whether to elect a new president. so is there any change its tactics and relations between moscow and washington is the famous i have. always said to do discuss with ariel cohen a political analyst and a brillant at thirty one russia and russia. russia america relations have always been sensitive three years ago presidents obama and medvedev ended nearly a decade of standoff declaring a reset of relations it has served well but power has changed in russia and the first step of the new president vladimir putin was a refusal to attend the g eight meeting in america he said he

u.s. and russia about a u.s. nato led plan to build a missile defense shield in eastern europe russia's defense minister said that talks between moscow and washington are coming close to a dead end so what's next are to them in an isa not mccoy has more from moscow. well missile defense has been in a deadlock for some time now but certainly no secret between the u.s. russia and nato and once again russian officials today reiterated the stance that in fact deadlock and you need to end or else russia is going to take response of action if you heard the phrase preemptive strike this is pretty harsh rhetoric we're hearing from russia they're very serious about their their concerns their national security concerns team of taking into consideration by nato and the u.s. we also heard from officials that if some kind of compromise isn't made that they're warning of in fact another arms race so very strong words coming from russia what they're hoping to come out of this two day summit is first of all to prove that these so

u.s. will emphasize economic and strategic toys with asian countries so the fact that russia is increasing its trade with china russia is in tandem with china on issues like your on and syria we saw the votes in the united nations this is an indication of a new balance of power in the world will says very muscular get back to to to rush through lucian's putin's third term rooted to the kremlin is of considered by the american stablish in general as as values not so bad because you remember his his election campaign it was pretty pretty hard i mean even towards him but this is an election campaign i mean right but on the other hand i would argue that mr putin did not need a harsh anti-american rhetoric to get elected. and i think it's not the issue of bad news or good news it is the issue of realistic relationship and i do believe myself that the so-called reset that was planned with continuation of mr medvedev presidency as the obama administration irani asli thought is going to happen that policy is reaching its limits whether it's the disagreements on missile defense whether it's conflic

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this all defense has been in a deadlock for some time now between the u.s. russia and nato and that sentiment was reiterated by russian officials app this summit that that deadlock needs to be resolved or russia will take responsive measures we've heard talk of preemptive strikes are pretty harsh rhetoric coming from russia that's because according to officials the lack of response that we've seen to their concerns by the u.s. and nato missile deployments really in eastern europe is no longer a plan it's well underway in poland romania even as far as turkey and russia sees this as a major threat to their national security what russian officials are looking to demonstrate today is first of all information that they have that they've put together through research that proves first of all that broke states according to the u.s. and nato which they say the system is against like iran and north korea don't have the capabilities to reach europe so there's a lot of questions surrounding the goals of this system so post russia's border they also want to demonstrate through

harsh rhetoric we're hearing from russia they're very serious about their their concerns their national security concerns being taken into consideration by nato and the u.s. we also heard from officials that if some kind of compromise isn't made that they're warning of in fact another arms race so very strong words coming from russia what they're hoping to come out of this two day summit is first of all to prove that these so-called rogue states like iran and south korea which the u.s. and nato say this missile defense system which is well underway in eastern europe in poland romania even as far as turkey that russia has research and is giving basically officials details on why they believe those two countries certainly don't have the missile capabilities to reach europe so a lot of questions surrounding the goals behind this defense system so close to russia's border and also showing a computer model of why exactly this missile system poses a threat to russia's national security in detail this is something moscow has been trying to convince the two of us through dialogue for years now washington continues to stress that the system is not against russia

u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul during a recent species students at a business college the embezzler criticized russian foreign policy in moscow of resorting to grab every n. double standards the foreign ministry called the remarks unprofessional and distorting the true image of u.s. russia relations with well was quick to tweet his apologies saying he's still learning the craft of did not diplomacy in his speech my falls a hit out at r.t. to find out why go on our website at r.t. dot com. some more world news from across the globe a massive fire at a shopping center in qatar has killed at least thirty four teachers. witnesses say the complex that did not appear to have any alarms all sprinklers it's thought of the blaze began around midday at the luxury mall and took several hours to put out the cause still unknown. there was no one in cairo hundreds of people have a tag the campaign headquarters of former prime minister after machete setting it on fire thousands more flooded the square in protest over presidential election results the demonstrators were demanding that fico who is c

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well mr de france has been at the deadlock for quite some time now between the u.s. russia and nato it's a long standing issue on what russian officials at this summit are hoping to do is to prove with a computer model how deployment of missile defense systems in poland romania even as far as turkey plans which aren't even crimes really anymore they're really in full force pose a major threat to russia's national security this is something moscow has been trying to prove to all parties to dialogue. for some time now and to no avail washington continues to stress that this deployment is no way meant sports direct it against russia that it's terence against probe states like iran and north korea and this is something quite frankly that russia just isn't funny what they want to see and have been demanding are written legally binding guarantees that the said defense system is not directed towards russia especially so close to its border but now with that said no major breakthroughs are expected at this summit it's an election year officials understand that and it's well known t

u.s. and or china. russia is warning it could make a preemptive strike against nato is anti missile defense shield plan for europe if the u.s. for cysts in the going ahead ignoring the kremlin's opposition moscow says the system threatens its national security and is deterring its concerns an international conference in the russian capital with representatives from over fifty nations well it's he's and he's annoyed joins us live now with more on this and they so what exactly is russia looking to demonstrate at this. missile defense has been a deadlock for some time now between the u.s. and russia and nato and basically russian officials have already reiterated by the sentiment saying that if i deadlock is not resolved sometime in the near future of course they understand how much work needs to be done but they will have to take responsibly measures like you said a preemptive strike if there is no response from the u.s. or from nato this is been an issue for many years now and russia has made it very clear that

u.s./russia relations. president obama is hosting a g-8 summit at camp david next week and russia's newly sworn in president vladimir putin is skipping that saying he's busy forming his new cabinet. sending his prime minister, medvedev. the center for strategic and international studies starts live here on c-span3 at 5:00 p.m. eastern. >>> prince harry of wales made his first trip to washington this week and at the atlantic council accepted an award for humanitarian work. mika brzezinski of msnbc opened the event. >> it's chairman senator chuck hagel and president and sheo fred. good evening and welcome to the atlantic council's 2012 annual awards dinner. >> this is our fourth time as emcees, we keep coming because because we deeply believe in the organization and its mission and also because we love fred. >> and, of course, you. and you're so lovable right now. so lovable and so respectful. >> maybe we should have a prayer. >> and so diplomatic. >> can we pray? let us pray. >> have a pray. >> that doesn't

u.s.-russia reset, the reset itself in creating a positive u.s.-russian relationship was critical to helping europe and particularly our central european friends create a positive environment and like a polish-russian reconciliation. this was an important thing. but in some way that reset was a little oversold. and it caused anxiety with our baltic friends, our central european friends. at the moment we're resetting, we need to be redoubling our concentration and transparency for those states that have the most direct knowledge and most direct impact on our policy changes. and, you know, clearly and secretary tauscher, i welcome your thoughts as well, the roll out of the state's adaptive approach, a really important and strong policy but how it was communicated on the day it was communicated. it just left a huge challenge for the region and i think the administration has worked extremely hard to overcome that initial challenge and i think we're seeing a stronger u.s. central european relationship but i think we can do more. again, that's a self-in