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Trump Unimpressed With Mexico Trade Talks

The US and Mexico have failed to reach a deal on tariffs and immigration

The first day of talks between the US and Mexico have failed to reach a deal on immigration that would prevent the US placing a 5% tariff on Mexican imports. The talks will resume Thursday and Mexico's foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard said he sees potential for a resolution. Also in the show, Russian President Vladimir Putin has called his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping his 鈥渄ear friend鈥. The two are meeting in Russia to sign new trade deals and discuss further bilateral investment opportunities. Both leaders expressed admiration for each other, and enthusiasm at the growing relationship between the two countries. Fred Kempe, President of the Atlantic Council in Washington DC, weighs in on how worried the US should be by this budding friendship.
Meanwhile, Irwin Stelzer of the Hudson Institute explains why he thinks the US-China trade war is over, and a new cold war has begun.
And we鈥檙e joined by the e-commerce entrepreneur Rafael Badziag, whose new book The Billion Dollar Secret delves deep into the minds of the world鈥檚 most successful people.
And the 成人快手's Rob Young takes a deep dive into UK electrical goods chain Richer Sounds, whose founder has just turned over 60% of the staff to employees.
(Picture: Cars pass from the US into Mexico at the border crossing in San Ysidro, California on May 31, 2019. Picture credit: ARIANA DREHSLER/AFP/Getty Images)

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