THEY HAVE RESERVATIONS.
I DON'T KNOW.
THAT VOICE YOU HEAR IS MY GOOD
FRIEND, CHARLIE GASPARINO.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS GOING
OVER THERE.
NEIL: WELL, HE IS NOT.
>> I GREW UP WITH A LOT OF IRISH
GUYS.
BY THE WAY THEY LOVE TRUMP SO
YOU KNOW.
>> RIGHT.
BOEING IS BRAGGING ABOUT ALL
THESE CHINA PLANE PURCHASES THE
SO WEIRD VIBES.
>> WHAT IS GOING ON HERE, THE
CHINESE ARE REACHING OUT TO
CORPORATE AMERICA, ESSENTIALLY
LOBBY ABOUT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION ON, AGAINST HIS
CHINA TRADE POLICIES.
IT IS INTERESTING THAT, HE SET
UP A MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER,
EXCUSE ME, THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT SET UP A MEETING WITH
WALL STREET FIRMS FOR
SEPTEMBER 16th, WHICH WAS
ANOMALY, AT LEAST, YOU KNOW --
NEIL: AT THE TIME OF THE U.N.
CONFAB AND ALL THAT?
>> I BELIEVE SO.
RELATIONS.
BUT REALLY TO, WALL STREET FIRMS
KNOW THIS, REALLY TO ENLIST THE
INTO A TRADE WAR WITH CHINA
SINCE ALL THESE FIRMS HAVE SO
MUCH BUSINESS THERE.
HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE
MEETING.
THE FIRMS THEMSELVES ARE NOT TOO
CRAZY ABOUT THIS IDEA.
WE DO KNOW AT LEAST TWO MAJOR
WALL STREET EXECUTIVES ARE
PULLING OUT OF THE MEETING.
THEY WILL SEND NUMBER TWOS.
WE DO KNOW, STEVE SCHWARZMAN THE
CEO OF BLACKSTONE, THE BIG
PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM IS NOT GOING
>> I WILL GET TO THAT IN A
SECOND.
JAMIE DIMON, CEO OF JPMORGAN
WON'T ATTEND.
BOTH CITING SCHEDULING
CONFLICTS.
FROM WHAT I AM HEARING INSIDE
THE COMPANY, LISTEN, THEY DON'T
HAS A PROBLEM WITH TRADE HE CAN
CALL UP TRUMP HIMSELF.
HE KNOWS THIS STUFF.
HE DOESN'T NEED TO BE PART OF A
DOG-AND-PONY SHOW.
JPMORGAN, BLACKSTONE AND OTHER
MAJOR BANKS FROM WHAT I
UNDERSTAND ARE GOING TO SEND
THAT WOULD BE A PRETTY BIG
STATEMENT IN DIMON AND
SCHWARTZMAN WENT TO THIS
MEETING.
NEIL: ALL OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN
EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THIS
IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
>> THINK ABOUT IT, WALL STREET
CEO LOBBYING TRUMP ON BEHALF OF
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT?
THEY HAVE LOTS OF BUSINESS OVER
THERE.
BLACKSTONES THAT PLENTY OF
BUSINESS IN CHINA.
SO DOES JP AND ALL THESE FIRMS,
THEY DO WELL BY HAVING U.S.
COMPANIES HAVING ACCESS.
HIS NUMBER TWO.
THEY WILL SEND NUMBER TWO, THEY
FEEL THEY HAVE COVER TO SEND A
NUMBER TWO?
>> I THINK THEY JUST, THEY DON'T
WANT TO BE PART OF OVERT
LOBBYING EFFORT.
NEIL: HOW REAL DO YOU THINK THIS
IS?
>> CHINA IS THE BIG TRADE.
WEEKS.
CHINA IS THE BIG WORRY.
>> HERE IS WHAT CEO'S TELL YOU.
CHINA IS A BAD ACTOR.
GIVE PETER NAVARRO ONE THING HE
RAISED CONSCIOUSNESS, AND
DONALD TRUMP, ALL THE BAD STUFF
CHINA DOES ON TRADE, STEALING
INTELLECTUAL MARKET, NO DOUBT.
THEY HAVE A HUGE MARKET AND
BOOMING ECONOMY EVEN AS THEY
ECONOMY.
THEY WANT SO MUCH ACCESS TO THE
ECONOMY THEY WERE WILLING TO
GIVE UP INTELLECTUAL TRADE
SECRETS TO GET ACCESS TO IT.
THERE IS WHERE THE CONFLICT IS.
THEY ALL WANT TO DO BUSINESS
THERE.
IT IS GOOD FOR THESE COMPANIES
TO DO BUSINESS THERE.
THE U.S. SELLS A LOT OF STUFF TO
CHINA WE POINT OUT.
WE BUY A LOT OF STUFF BUT WE
SELL A LOT OF STUFF.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MAKES A
VERY GOOD CASE ABOUT THEM BEING
BAD ACTORS ON INTERNATIONAL
TRADE AND NOW WE'RE HAVING A
CONFLICT.
I THINK OF ALL TRUMP'S TRADE
LISTEN, CHINA IS A VERY BAD
ACTOR.
THEY VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS.
THE JOURNAL, "NEW YORK TIMES"
TOTALITARIAN REGIME THAT WE HAVE
TO BE VERY LEERY DEALING WITH.
THEY WANT TO STEAL OUR LUNCH,
THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
TRUMP, GIVE HIM CREDIT AND
NAVARRO CALLING THIS TO THE
ATTENTION BUT THERE IS A
BUSINESS SIDE OF THE STORY.
WE SELL A LOT OF STU THERE.
NOW WE GET CONFLICT.
IT IS INTERESTING THAT THE
CHINESE DO AN END ROUND AROUND
TRUMP AND PETER NAVARRO,
LIGHTHIZER, TRADE PEOPLE, GO
RIGHT TO THE WALL STREET CEOs.
THE TWO BIGGEST CEOs, WE
SHOULD POINT OUT JAMIE DIMON
RUNS THE LARGEST U.S. BANK BY
ASSETS.
I BELIEVE BLACKSTONE, HAVE TO
CHECK ME, IS BIGGEST PRIVATE
EQUITY FIRM, CERTAINLY AT THE
TOP.
WHEN BIG GUYS LIKE THAT DON'T GO
THAT'S SAYING SOMETHING.
THEY WILL CITE SCHEDULING
CONFLICTS.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND INSIDE
THESE COMPANIES THEY JUST DON'T
WANT TO BE PART OF AN OVERT
NEIL: EVERY TIME I HEAR
SCHEDULING CONFLICTS IT IS A
NEIL: YOU DON'T LIKE THE IRISH.
>> YES, WHY WOULD TRUMP DO THAT?
NEIL: I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
OH, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
CALENDAR FILLED UP.
WE DID THIS WITH THE CANADIANS
WITH THE TRADE THING.
BY THE WAY LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE
BACK AT TALKS.
>> WITH CANADA?
NEIL: HOW DO YOU THINK THAT WILL
BOB WOODWARD'S BOOK THE GUY
TRADE AGREEMENT.
THEY'RE SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW
THAT WOULD DAMAGE THE ECONOMY.
THEY WILL, MY GUESS, WHEN SAID
POUNDING AND DONALD WILL SAY, I
GOT THE GREATEST TRADE DEAL,
BIGGEST EVER, IN 100 YEARS.
IT WILL BE GOOD STUFF BUT VERY
MARGINAL.
BOTH SIDES CLAIM VICTORY.
WE'LL MOVE ON.
THE CHINA THING IS DIFFERENT.
WHAT --
NEIL: TRASH YOU FOR BEING A
NEGATIVE TRUMP PER, THEY WILL
NOT HEAR THE REMARK YOU JUST
MADE.
THEY WILL HEAR THE FACT YOU'RE
FAIR, BALANCED JOURNALIST.
NEIL: SOMETIMES PROBABLY JUST AS
>> THE GREATEST TRADE DEAL IN A
BAZILLION, KAJILLION YEARS.
IS MY TRUMP IMPERSONATION --
NEIL: IT'S A LITTLE JAMES
CAGNEYISH.
>> BUT GETTING BETTER, RIGHT?
DONALD GAVE ME PROPS FOR MAKING