Rep. Rooney on North Korea talks, China trade
By Bloomberg
27 May 2018 |
10:00 am
Rep. Francis Rooney, vice chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and a Republican from Florida, discusses the cancellation of talks between the U.S. and North Korea and what the U.S. hopes to achieve on trade with China.
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