the us embassy regularly urges people to leave. but this is what happened before when birth or the 15th june was probably the garcey. there was not k c a to communist room, full draining all their games on the tv. they were the ones writing the programs right. better and then there was a lot of it was yeah, anybody you a long there was economy? anybody have a different idea? was economy news like this? river stuff. the russians are killed tv, maybe trump, for president or hillary, clint bailey. they linked or e mails and solve the russians for how many elections have we got into right. how many sessions ations of elected officials have we actually done ring raid war against the payment because they weren't to which the things that the russians available. right? when really wish me like the biggest brands. i don't understand that at all. jay's business is going well and things have been going particularly well since a europe imposed sanctions banding in ports of cheese into rush and j as in suffering from the new sanctions, either a

that's the fact of embassy in the us. the says that it was live that time when these businesses are expanding investments in the us and that this would deep and cooperation on supply chain between the 2 sides and said, so that this would bring trey the economic relations closer. this was an importance moved by a t s m c. it's the largest manufacturer of semi conductors and the wealth of wind, the lights of in video and apple. and, and so it was an important move, not least because it's potentially stays all the threats of tyrus from the trump administration. remember donald trump has threatened to impose types of up to a 100 percent on time. it is a chip export. but also because this brings taiwan and the us closer together out of time when that has been a question mark about what exactly the trump administration's policy is on. so i won last month, the us state department, remove the mind from this website, saying that the us does not support. so i want independence that would've been seen by some and so i say as a possi

let's speak to michael martins, who previously worked for the us embassy here in london, focusing onhat do you think the intention was behind this speech? was it about setting up policies or about marking donald trump's returned to power? this is president trump setting himself up. the congress is about to start budget negotiations between congress and the white house, so i think he is bringing a lot of the campaign issues that he won on and trying to demonstrate a result to his voters who are going to be watching, and at the same time trying to signal to congress what his priorities are because they will be the ones who control spending decisions. a key priority for the trump administration is the economy. it was the biggest issue for voters. he didn't have much to say on that, did he? not in a specific sense. the closest we got to that while some of the tariff points in the speech. we had the 30 day pause with some of the tariffs between the us and canada and mexico and china. now you can see why that is the case. i think he was lining up the deadline to come in with the state of t

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well, we are here to say those of us in the embassy representing israel this is a tremendous achievementwe have to see to it those are prosecuted and sent to jail but we cannot hawe can have a centee campuses. mark: the funding forces need to be cut off but we know who they are, i will say they are hamas, qatar pouring in numbers sums of money into colleges and universities. in teaching seminars and so forth in her k-12 schools. so, this has to be sto stopped n president trump's focus on this. as well as student visas. people who are in this country who hate our country. who obviously are jew haters and american haters for they need to go. all the things from the process of been done. i want to say this, mr. ambassador and i went the american people to know you lost her eldest son. lucy father of six children. i was a great hero, he was a commander you have felt this personally and directly as so many people in israel have. at the tiny country of the minimal number of people quite frankly part of who would know somebody was lost somebody. i just want to thank you for what you are doing f

when us embassy officials returned to brasilia from the u.s., they take cheese with them because there's no product in brazil that is even comparable, and that's because brazil blocks our products. i worked on this ethanol issue, very, very frustrating issue. we did resolve a wheat issue, tariff rate quota issue with brazil that we'd had for 25 years with them. so it's, you know, brazil's a stiff competitor, but in agriculture there should be reciprocity today, sir, and there isn't. >> thank you, mr. dowd. thank you, chairman, for holding this hearing. >> thank you. i now recognize ms. sanchez for 5 minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. democrats on this committee were adamant during the usmca renegotiation that the agreement included a strong enforce -- enforceable mechanism called the rapid response mechanism to promote mexican workers' freedom of association and to protect their rights, the rights of independent unions to negotiate with employers. from your experience at ustr was the rpm an effective tool and how can it be used more effectively? >> thank you for the question. the rm was

there are talks of how russia and the us are going to restore a number of embassy personnel in americaussia. this is a very important, of course. this is a development that would be difficult to imagine had joe biden, for instance, stayed in the white house. and it is a completely different kind of rhetoric but so far i think it is very important to divide what we hear, what those leaders are talking about and what is actually happening. so far, nothing substantial, you know, has happened yet. there were still raging and still going on. russia and ukraine are still fighting, as we are speaking, right the us is still sending this military aid to ukraine. us are still involved in training ukrainian soldiers, sharing intelligence which has been crucial for ukraine being able to fight russia. so it is able to fight russia. so it is a very delicate situation. it is definitely a new environment and i think both sides, they have acknowledged that on numerous occasions. but i think it is important to understand that donald trump right now once a quick deal, as he said many times. and that suit

but today, it's embassy in the us that beijing is ready for what it called any type of boil with america. after being hit with these new trump tires. what do you make of that as well? the chinese are actually nervous. on one hand, they see some positives, they see that maybe there's an opening with europe by, with europeans increasingly being distraught and concerned about their relationship with america. i saw this at the munich security conference just a couple of weeks ago with the chinese trying to expand and to add to the opinions by the, on the other hand, the us and russia relationship is a great concern to them. because they know that the united states wants to pull russia away from china. the chinese don't want to see that happen. and of course, they're very concerned about the economic measures are being taken against them, particularly on the tower front. okay, now you need is made in brussels on 1st night to discuss an 800000000000 your defense plan. ahead of fact, jeremy's chancellor in waiting does announce plans to boost germany's defense capabilities. well here move from

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so embassy in the us and said that it was glad to see some of these businesses expire. c and investment in the us and that this would help us bring closer cooperation. v for the cooperation on supply chain between the 2 sides, it said that it would bring economic and trade relations close of business. important move by c s n. c. it's the world's largest manufacturer of semi conductor supplied the lights, have been video, an apple and so forth. and not just because of the fact that it potentially saves all the threats as ours from the drum and ministration. donald trump has the threats and stars up to a 100 percent on ship export. so from taiwan, but also this really potentially helps bring taiwan and the us a close in terms of that relationship overall. and this at a time when that has been concern about what the trump administration's policy is on. so i want exactly last month we sold the state department, remove a line from its website saying that the us does not support. so i want them depending some inside pay may have seen that as a sign of support. but at the same

china's embassy, the us, said this caught me this morning.rade war or any other type of war, we're ready to fight till the end, which not great. here's the thing trump has obsessively talked about tariffs forever and throughout the whole campaign. we're going to have 10 to 20% tariffs on foreign countries that have been ripping us off for years. we're going to put on from 50 to 200% tariffs, 150 or 200% tariff. i will impose whatever tariffs are required 100%, 200%, 1,000%. >> again, this is not like 2025 that he lied about, had nothing to do with him. this he's been very clear about. this is what the guy wanted a trade war. now it looks like we've got it. betsey stevenson served on both the president barack obama's council of economic advisors as chief economist for the department of labor. she's now professor of public policy and economics at university of michigan. and she joins me now. all right. we're three days into this. there's always this question about, is this a negotiating tool or is this real? and along those lines, i should say

no, the chinese embassy tweeted out of the us and basically said that if war is what the us wants be at a tara, for tribal or any other type of war, we're ready to fight to begins. i mean, one can be made of that from the political point of view when a power such as china uh, basically comes out uh by saying with binding words like that it is, i guess all of us, i don't think that necessarily means that china, the united states are about to fight a shooting war and things like that, but it is obviously all of a sudden all beasley speaks to a rod shooting all international tensions. now president trump would argue that his tire of the top of all occasions being used to tractor a list of policy games from other countries. i don't dispute that at all. but if you change the view that the freest possible trinity is overall over a net good thing for the united states, that obviously this is not a good thing. the possibility of a trade war is one of the things that is for getting the markets at the moment that you know, if that continues about, it certainly continues. if those tensions cont

us. we need to actually produce results to make sure that our embassies are providing us with useful actionableinformation. i think that feedback loop really has deteriorated and i look forward to working closely with you. i know giving eric's variances as investor to japan, you have thoughts on this. i think there's a lot more we can do to improve the performance of our embassies and make it more relevant to policymaking. sen. hagerty: you will find bipartisan support for this on this committee. my time has run out. i didn't get a chance to speak with our other two distinguished nominees but i wish you all through the best and i encourage my colleagues to get these folks on the ground and confirmed quickly. chair risch: senator rosen. sen. rosen: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank the chair and ranking member hearing today. before i begin my questions, i would like to take a moment to discuss the state department's reckless decision to effectively got usaid and end foreign assistance. this will not only undermine our nest to the security, armor global standing, innocent people around the

just to use if she would dislike calling with the judiciary and rule by decree and unconstitutional mood. considered occluded. she was then captured, as he was trying to sleep, to the mexican embassy to seek political asylum. 3 months of deadly demonstrations ensued with the use of folders and other protesters demanding the resignation of newly appointed president. b. know a lot of the 50 people were killed. those confrontations castillo says he's innocent from last week, or maybe with the lead. i have never committed the crime of rebellion. i only expressed the will of the people in a political message. garcia took the social media to make his case, saying his call to this band. congress and the judiciary didn't have legal implications in claiming she was a victim of political, which has some supporters, clashed with police, demanding his freedom. we elected him as president, and now he's captive. here we've waited more than 2 years. can we want him? free castillo is the 3rd peruvian precedent to stand twice at this police facility, which has seen the likes of former precedents and left a few muddy and understand the lou. for now, the court has appointed a lawyer castillo has req

is very little in the way of tyrus on us imports into the country and explaining that he will try to outline south careers position. was small through its embassy in washington to the trumpet, ministration with the approaching correct threatened deadline of reciprocal terrace being imposed by the us in the beginning of april, the lower the, the deadline, especially in places like this city where we are now. this is of the city of po, hang down on a south korea's south east coast. this is one of the main steel producing cities here in south korea is a threatened to 25 percent tariff on the south korean steel being exported into the united states. now, joining pumps, 1st administration, south korea was given an exemption to terrace on the steel, but it's not good to avoid the steel terrorist this time around. and the number of still produces here in the city alex stream. the concerned we've been hearing stories about some still plants reducing their workforce is asking for early retirement and voluntary redundancy. this is an, an industry that's already being suffering because of a lot of cheap steel from china and also it down to in the construc

us pay down our debt. >> peter: the chinese embassy posted if war is what the u.s.ants, be it a tariff war a trade war, or any other type of war, we are ready to fight until the end. the pentagon quickly responded. >> well, we're prepared. those who long for peace must prepare for war. >> as the trump national security team confirms a freeze in intelligence-sharing with ukraine -- >> we have taken a step back and are pausing and reviewing all aspects of this relationship. >> peter: the hostage envoy has been meeting in qatar with hamas. >> peter: if u.s. has a long-standing policy that we do not negotiate with terrorists then why is the u.s. now negotiating directly and for the first time ever with hamas? >> well, when it comes to the negotiations that you are referring to, first of all, the special envoy, who is engaged in those negotiations does have the authority to talk to anyone. israel was consulted on this matter. >> peter: and we have some brand new photos that we can put up on screen just after that exchange in the briefing room. president trump went to the

then captured, as she was trying to speak to the mexican embassy to seek political asylum. 3 months of deputy demonstrations ensued with the use of folders and other protesters demanding the resignation of newly appointed president dino. a lot of the 50 people were killed. those confrontations castillo says he's innocent. how must that go? maybe with the lead, i have never committed the crime of rebellion. i only expressed the will of the people in a political message. garcia took the social media to make his case saying he's called to this band, congress and the discharge. he didn't have legal implicate.

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know, how much stock do you put into the immediate response of the chinese embassy, the foreign ministry today? right. give us a war of any sort. they're making clear that they're putting an actual war on the table. bring it on. basically, we'll fight. >> well. >> you know, they're not going to be bullied in their own media. and so they've got to make. statements like that. i don't think they're talking. about sending. >> missiles our. >> way as a result. of tariffs. >> but i do think that that the. >> overall strategy is important here. if president trump's going to be effective, he has to be effective with our european allies. he has to. >> be effective with. >> mexico and and canada and dealing with china. we can't go this alone. the america first idea of isolationism doesn't work when you're talking about international trade. we have to make sure that our actions in the ukraine war situation, in the tariff situation with our neighbors, we have to bring countries together to to really deal with a very concerning adversary in china. >> you know, lulu, just, you know, thinking when you talk about the allies.

embassy in moscow. does that change your perspective here at all or what can you glean to us on the relationship from thatally shapes my perspective. i mean there's a way to deal with the kremlin and president trump is not doing it. if you look over the past 2 1/2 to 3 weeks, what you've seen trump do is make concession after concession to russian positions. that just encourages putin to sit back and wait for more. that's not the way to deal with the kremlin and it's not the way to deal with vladimir putin, who now sees a very weak person in the white house. >> so if this is a personality issue, this isn't about the person who is now in the white house, what kind of lasting impact could this have on diplomacy when it comes to other future administrations? >> well, i think this depends on what mr. trump does, but my guess is this evening there are some pretty anxious conversations taking place in europe, basically asking the question if, in fact, trump throws ukraine under the bus, can europe count on the united states? i hope wiser heads can advise the president and get him to alter course because this wi

from syria saying that they are michel nies in the list embassy, all of the new city and government. and they also emphasize this, well, the use of the civil war that match with the revolution is celia. the blues community also has paid tremendous, tremendous secular prizes and prizes, like i knew all the syrians, this was that there was a 0 the exam and it says the things that i should 1st president loving is and i just get to see piece not to supply more weapons, the comments came after europe and leaders agreed to increase military budgets and ukraine's defenses at a summit in london. but it's probably most sexiest, almost as a so called coalition of the willing will present a piece platinum to the united states, your shop of unable reports from moscow on the crumbling comments. according to demetrius best, coke remnants spokesman these pumps with donald trump and j. g bonds in the white house shows the landscape a lack of diplomatic scales. the incident also demonstrated how difficult it will be to guess on the pulse to resolving the conflict. commenting on the latest summit in london, a pass code said that the statements

with vladimir putin, russia being invited to reopen their embassy in full consulate strength in the united states. with all of these things that the us> if so, it's not nothing that we are aware of at this point. i mean, and, you know, officials, you know, when the cybercom thing first came up, officials were saying, look, the united states needs to show some good faith here. so is it possible that russia will give something? vladimir zelensky has made it very clear that he doesn't believe that russia will negotiate in good faith in any way. at this point, we're not aware of anything that they have given to the us for these things. >> yeah. >> at some point the math doesn't work right. i really appreciate you being here. i really appreciate it. thank you. all right. we've got more news alhave you always had troubles ahead. with your weight? me too. discover the power of wegovy®. with wegovy®, i lost 35 pounds. and some lost over 46 pounds. and i'm keeping the weight off. i'm reducing my risk. wegovy® is the only weight-management medicine proven to reduce risk of major cardiovascular events such as death, heart attack, or stroke in a

with vladimir putin, russia being invited to reopen their embassy in full consulate strength in the united states. with all of these things that the us has now given to russia in terms of deal points, has russia given us anything? >> if so, it's not nothing that we are aware of at this point. i mean, and, you know, officials, you know, when the cybercom thing first came up, officials were saying, look, the united states needs to show some good faith here. so is it possible that russia will give something? vladimir zelensky has made it very clear that he doesn't believe that russia will negotiate in good faith in any way. at this point, we're not aware of anything that they have given to the us for these things. >> yeah. >> at some point the math doesn't work right. i really appreciate you being here. i really appreciate it. thank you. all right. we've got more news ahead. stay with us. >> for you're busy. >> deadlines are looming. you've got. >> events to plan. >> people to impress. >> and a brand to. >> elevate with. for imprint. >> you get. >> more than promo products. you get certainty. >> from trade. >> shows to team milestones.

with vladimir putin, russia being invited to reopen their embassy in full consulate strength in the united states. with all of these things that the us of deal points, has russia given us anything? >> if so, it's not nothing that we are aware of at this point. i mean, and, you know, officials we know when the cybercom thing first came up, officials were saying, look, the united states needs to show some good faith here. so is it possible that russia will give something? vladimir zelensky has made it very clear that he doesn't believe that russia will negotiate in good faith in any way. at this point, we're not aware of anything that they have given to the us for these things. >> yeah. >> at some point the math doesn't work right. i really appreciate you being here. i really appreciate it. thank you. really appreciate it. thank you. all right. we've got patients who have sensitive teeth but also want whiter teeth they have to make a choice one versus the other. sensodyne clinical white provides two shades whiter teeth as well as providing 24/7 sensitivity protection. patients are going to love to see sensodyne on the shelf. the way i

embassy, we receive no response. so read the receipt to you is not surprised or trust in the us as being deeply shaken. things used to be different because the young, this is a photo of me, was the 1st lady, maloney, a trumpet to me, is that some of it call the department to see somebody coming in for 0 set to cut off. that was in march 2018. seen that when the us state department selected 10 women from around the world to present them with an award for their courage and strength and body to, to work on the band with quantifier was one of them missing a tune of function we can do me is my doesn't own knuckle cartoon cartoon at the time. donald trump was the sitting president as of the, from president jeff to us. ruth, she was recently nominated for this year's nobel peace prize by a swedish member of parliament to see me as far removed from all of this for him. as for so many others, it's literally a matter of survival. without therapy. i couldn't live a minutes longer. not a single minutes smell. like all of us, a widow therapy, we'd go crazy. we can't do without it. the cost of his treatment consumes

us troops. there's gonna be no circumstance for you to see people being lifted off the roof of a embassy in the of the united states from afghanistan, probably the next day, or watching your for rob of friends, shop print up underway almost exactly like the day that you'll south vietnam being trained to flight, you'll north and brothers, and the next day you'll gutting it aloud as then so now one day you'll pass in of the yeah, the next day, your persona non grata closet, a history book put a shows the landscape. but the also, the trail runs deep in washington. so the question was always when and know if, just as the question now is, when know if it's all finally going to come out. i've asked this congress commute to investigate. whereas this money gone, the american people are owed that answer because it's our money. our taxes are now and well by and stop with savanski is bank accounts and the b b i believe's site press. then i'll check out his transaction history with the thoughts and had to bite, and then i'd have a chat with somebody going freight, you know, the smallest mind behind the rep