JOASHTD CEO AND FORMER GEORGE W.
BUSH PRESIDENTIAL WRITER.
AND RON MEYER.
PRESIDENT TRUMP OBVIOUSLY
FEELING EXCITED TODAY.
I LOVE THAT HE WENT DIRECTLY TO
THE HEARTLAND AND BEGAN TODAY IN
IOWA, LOOKING AT THE FARMERS
SAYING WE KNOW CHINA IS
DELIBERATELY TARGETING YOU.
I HAVE GOT YOUR BACK BECAUSE YOU
UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING
FOR IS MUCH BIGGER THAN THIS.
>> THEY HAVE BEEN FEELING THE
MOST OF ON THE SOYBEAN
REPERCUSSIONS.
HE WENT TO IOWA TO SAY WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE YOUR BACK.
BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
TO KEEP THE TARIFFS.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SOYBEAN
FARMERS IN IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO
HAPPEN IF WE CAN'T NEGOTIATE
BETTER DEALS.
I THINK WE'LL BE SEEING HIGHER
STOCK MARKET GAINS IF WE WEREN'T
SEEING MORTAR RIVERS WITHOUT THE
BETTER TRADE DEALS.
NAFTA IS ABOUT TO GET WE
NEGOTIATED.
WE'LL START SEEING PROGRESS WITH
CHINA AND THE BENEFITS FROM THE
ORIGINAL ROUND OF TARIFFS.
CHARLES: I THINK A LEAST PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND IT'S A BATTLE -- THEY
ARE DELIBERATELY TARGETING THE
FARMERS, THE BOURBON MAKERS.
THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
UPDATE TO $600 BILLION FROM OUR
BUT CHINA REALIZED WE WOULD DO
NOTHING BY THE AND THERE
WOULDN'T BE REPURCHASE CUSHIONS
AND AMERICA HAD BECOME
COMPLACENT.
EVERYONE WRINGING THEIR HANDS,
CLUTCHING THE PEARLS ABOUT WHAT
DONALD TRUMP WAS DOING.
AND NOW WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE SURE
THE FARMERS AND EVERYONE ELSE
UNDERSTANDS ALL THE THINGS HE'S
TARGETING, HE'LL DELIVER ON.
I THINK MOST OF AMERICANS
REALIZE HE'S A SERIOUS MAN AND
WILL GET SERIOUS RESULTS.
WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE HOSTAGE
DO, IT'S ABOUT THE INTERNET.
THERE IS PLENTY WE CAN DO.
CHARLES: THE HAND WRINGING
REINVOLVING AROUND THE TARIFFS.
NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO TELL ME
ANYWAY TO MAKE FIRST THE E.U.
COME TO THE TABLE AND IT MATILY
MOST OF OUR TRADING PARTNERS
INCLUDING CHINA.
HOW ARE DEMOCRATS HANDLING THIS?
I SAW A FORMER OBAMA OFFICIAL
SAYING EVEN IF WE GET THESE
BILLS, AMERICA LOST ITS PLACE AS
THE WORLD'S NORTH STAR.
I AM JUST CONFUSED ABOUT IT.
>> I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS OUR
ATTENTION ON CHAIN TODAY WHEN IT
COMES TO -- ON CHINA WHEN IT
COMES TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
MEXICO, CANADA, THE EUROPEAN
UNION IS A FAILED POLICY.
IT ONLY RESULTS IN MORTAR RIVERS
THAT WILL HURT OUR FARMERS.
CHARLES: WHY WOULD THEY TARGET
FARMERS?
IT'S 1.5% OF THE ECONOMY.
COUNTRY.
WHY DID THEY ALREADY TARGET OUR
FARMERS LONG BEFORE THE
SO-CALLED TARIFF BATTLE BEGAN.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT LEVYING
AGAINST MEXICO, CHINA, CHINA IS
SEPARATE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT CANADA AND THE
EUROPEAN UNION, THEY WANT TO BUY
OUR GOODS.
I AM GLAD HE BLINKED AND IS
PULLING IT BACK.
>> CHARLES, COME ON.
FIRST OF ALL, TRUMP TARIFFS?
ALUMINUM ARE ACCORDING TO W.T.O.
THEIR RETALIATION ON TARIFFS IS
AGAINST W.T.O. RULES.
IT'S PURELY POLITICAL AND THEY
ARE TARGETING TRUMP'S BASE.
HE STARTED IT, NED.
CHARLES: YOU ARE NOT GOING TO
LIE TO MY AUDIENCE.
EVERY COUNTRY THAT YOU NAMED HAS
HIGHER TARIFFS AGAINST AMERICA
THAN AMERICA HAS AGAINST THEM.
>> THAT'S NOT TRUE.
PLEASE, I KNOW YOU ARE A
YOU CAN'T MAKE UP FACTS, KEVIN.
LET ME JUMP IN BEFORE IT GETS
OUT OF HAND AND PEOPLE START --
>> WE WERE HAVING A CIVIL
CONVERSATION.
CHARLES: IT'S NOT CIVIL IF IT'S
LACED WITH LIES.
E.U.
THEIR TARIFFS ARE HIGHER THAN
OUR TARIFFS.
CANADA HAS EXTRA OORDLY HIGH
THEY FOUND A LOOPHOLE.
THEY ARE NOT OUR FRIEND WHEN IT
COMES TO AMERICA.
>> FIRST OF ALL, WE DID NOT
START THIS TRADE WAR, WE DID NOT
START THIS, CHINA DID DECADES
AGO.
LET ME FINISH.
FORCED TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS,
SELL MORE PRODUCTS.
I THINK A LOT OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ARE FIGURING THIS OUT.
I THINK CHINA'S ECONOMY IS FAR
MORE FRAGILE THAN PEOPLE THINK.
FALLS, PRESIDENT XI FALLS AND HE
DOESN'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.
CHARLES: CHINA SPENT $1 TRILLION
PROPPING UP THE YUAN.
THEY ARE GIVING CASH TO BANKS
AND ASKING THEM BUY BAD DEBT.
WE WENT THROUGH OUR OWN VERSION
OF THAT NOT LONG AGO.
LET ME BRING RON IN FOR A
SECOND.
YOU KNOW, HERE IS THE THING.
I THINK UNFORTUNATELY THE REST
OF THE WORLD KNOWS HOW TO USE
OUR RULES, OUR CIVILITY AND THE
GAMES I THINK WE USED TO PLAY IN
HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU CAN'T BE A FREE PARADE
TRADER AND LIKE TARIFFS.
I AM GLAD PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
FIRE.
>> PART OF OUR POLICY WAS TO
SUBSIDIZE GOVERNMENTS TO PROP
THEM UP.
THE PROBLEM IS WE DEVASTATED OUR
HEARTLAND WITH THOSE TIMES OF
POLICIES.
CAN DAYS ONE OF THE MOST OF
PROTECTIONIST BLAZES IN THE
WORLD.
LUMBER, DAIRY, STEEL, THEY ARE
USING THESE EXTREME TACTICS TO
PROTECT THEIR INDUSTRY AND
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
CAREFUL TO NOT DEVASTATE CERTAIN
INDUSTRIES WITH THESE
RETALIATORY TARIFFS.
BUT I THINK TRADE REP LIGHT HERE