LOU: CHINA APPARENTLY IS DOING
FAR MORE THAN KEEPING AN
INTERESTED EYE IN TAIWAN'S
ELECTIONS TOMORROW.
THEY APPEAR TO BE INTERFERING
WITH THE ELECTIONS.
SHE REJECTS ONE COUNTRY TWO
SYSTEMS IDEA FOR TAIWAN THAT IS
IN EFFECT IN HONG KONG.
IT'S GOING TO BE FASCINATING TO
SEE WHAT DOES OR DOES NOT HAPPEN
IN THAT ELECTION.
THAT IS OF COURSE THE FAVORITE
IN THE ELECTION EXPECTED TO WIN
REELECTION.
JOINING US TO ASSESS THAT AND
MUCH MORE.
GORDON CHANGE, SENIOR FELLOW AT
THE GAIT
THE GATT
THE GATESTONE INSTITUTE.
THE FACT THAT CHINA WOULD CAN
INTERFERE IN THE ELECTION.
TO DO SO BOLDLY IS SURPRISING.
NOT THEIR INTERFERENCE, BUT HOW
OBVIOUS THEY ARE ABOUT DOING SO.
>> THEY HAVE BEEN BUYING INTO
TAIWAN MEDIA.
SO THEY OWN IT.
THAT MEANS THE DISINFORMATION
CAMPAIGN IS EMBED INTO TAIWAN
POLITICS.
AND IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR
YEARS.
IT STEPPED UP IN THE DAYS BEFORE
THE ELECTION WHERE THERE IS ALL
SORTS OF NEWS THAT IS UNTRUE.
LOU: THAT WOULD BE LIKE ALLOWING
BIG TECH AND BIG TELECOM.
THAT WOULD BE SILLY TO PREVENT
SUCH A THING.
>> THERE WAS A BILL PASSED THE
PAST FEW DAYS ABOUT INTERFERENCE
IN THE ELECTION.
LOU: IT SEEMS A LITTLE CLOSE TO
THE EVENT.
>> THIS WAS CONTROVERSIAL
BECAUSE THE MEDIA COMPANIES IN
TAIWAN WERE AGAINST IT BECAUSE
NECESSITY WERE GETTING A LOT OF
THE MONEY FROM BEIJING.
AT THE END OF THE DAY I DON'T
KNOW IF IT WILL AFFECT THE
ELECTION BECAUSE OF WHAT
HAPPENED IN HONG KONG.
GIVING HER A 10% TO 15% LEAD IN
THE POLLS.
LOU: YOU EXPECT HER COULD BE
RE-ELECTED.
LET'S TURN TO HONG KONG.
WE HAVE SEEN VERY LITTLE OUT OF
HONG KONG.
IS THAT BECAUSE IT'S CALM OR IS
IT BECAUSE OF BENIGN NEGLECT
OVER UNREST IN HONG KONG.
>> WHAT'S HAD AN IMPORTANT
EFFECT IS THE PNEUMONIA IN THE
CENTER OF CHINA.
IT'S GONE INTO HONG KONG AND
JUMPED THE BORDER.
YOU SEE IMAGES OF GUISE IN THE
BIO HAZARD SUITS.
LOU: COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED --
QUICKLY THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION MOVED IN.
THERE WERE 40 CASES.
THAT'S REMARKABLY EARLY FOR THE
WHO TO BE MOVING IN.
WHAT'S YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE
EXTENT OF THE CONTAGION.
>> THERE ARE MANY UNREPORTED
CASES IN CHINA AND A NUMBER OF
CASES INCOME HONG KONG THAT
HAVEN'T BEEN REPORTED.
AND A SIMILAR PNEUMONIA IS
STARTING TO SHOW UP IN SOUTH
KOREA.
SO WHAT HAPPENED IN HONG KONG ON
THE PROTESTS, PEOPLE DON'T WANT
TO GO OUT.
BUT I THINK THIS IS REALLY IS A
FEAR OVER THE CONTAGION.
LOU: IF THAT'S THE CASE, I WOULD
SUSPECT DISINFORMATION ON THE
PART OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
TO ACHIEVE THAT END.
WOULDN'T YOU?
>> YES.
THEY ARE VERY GOOD AT
DISINFORMATION.
NOT ONLY IN TAIWAN.
>> LET'S TURN TO PHASE ONE OF
THE TRADE DEAL TO BE SIGNED BY
THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE
PREMIER NEXT WEDNESDAY.
THIS IS A BIG MOMENT FOR BOTH
COUNTRIES.
YOUR SENSE OF ITS WEIGHT, ITS
IMPACT, AND ITS -- LET'S SAY
ASSURANCE.
>> FIRST OF ALL, PRESIDENT TRUMP
IN THAT INTERVIEW IN TOLEDO
TALKED ABOUT HOW IT MIGHT NOT BE
JANUARY 15.
HE HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT
JANUARY 15 FOR MORE THAN A WEEK.
TOMORROW WAS THE FIRST --
YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST HINT IT
MIGHT SLIP INTO A LATER PERIOD.
I SUSPECT THERE WILL BE A PHASE
ONE TRADE DEAL BUT THE PRESIDENT
IS SIGNALING TIMING THAT MAY BE
TRANSLATION PROBLEMS.
LOU: SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO
TRANSLATE LARRY KUDLOW.
HERE IS THE PRESIDENT'S -- ONE
OF HIS ECONOMIC ADVISORS.
>> PHASE ONE WILL BE SIGNED
WEDNESDAY, A LOVELY CEREMONY.
WE'LL HAVE A DINNER THE NIGHT
BEFORE AND A LUNCH AFTERWARDS.
NO ONE HAS EVER DONE THIS
BEFORE.
WE NEVER HAD A U.S. TRADE DEAL
OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
THAT'S THE HARD PART.
YOU FOLLOW ME?
WE HAVE NEVER DONE THIS.
THIS IS HISTORY.
LOU: LARRY KUDLOW IS NOT
DOUBTING WEDNESDAY.
>> ALL SOLARE KUDLOW
SAYSOOOOO -- ALL SOLAR ARE YOU
KUDLOW SAYS THERE WILL BE NO
TEXT OF THE DEAL RELEASED BEFORE
THE SIGNING.
THE MARKETS THINK IT'S MOW PEN
TO US.