Subject: The Evening: NK, Trade Wars, JRAD and More
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Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 22:22:39 +0000
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The Evening: NK, Trade Wars, JRAD and More
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** Good Evening,
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It's Thursday, May 31st.

** Salvaging the Summit
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cited progress Thursday toward salvaging a historic summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and what he called the “once in a lifetime opportunity” of ending the nuclear weapons threat from North Korea, as the
Washington Post reports (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/pompeo-and-north-korean-official-will-try-to-salvage-nuclear-summit-with-new-york-skyline-below-them/2018/05/30/74d1cb81-553e-4e92-acda-9b6aa88e57c1_story.html?utm_term=.929fd5f7f91b&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d494bbeee3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_31_07_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d494bbeee3-145367789) .

Also reported (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/pompeo-and-north-korean-official-will-try-to-salvage-nuclear-summit-with-new-york-skyline-below-them/2018/05/30/74d1cb81-553e-4e92-acda-9b6aa88e57c1_story.html?utm_term=.929fd5f7f91b&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d494bbeee3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_31_07_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d494bbeee3-145367789) by the Washington Post, South Korea on Thursday expressed interest in a three-way summit in Singapore that would add South Korean President Moon Jae-in to the mix.

Dive Deeper: At the CSIS Schieffer Series last night, Bob Schieffer and Margaret Talev talked with Victor Cha on negotiating with North Korea. Watch the discussion here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1223&v=9JkNQ7bFAdE&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d494bbeee3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_31_07_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d494bbeee3-145367789) .

** Allies Tariffed
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The Trump administration said on Thursday it would impose tariffs on metals imported from its closest allies, a move sure to provoke retaliation against businesses and consumers in the United States and to further strain diplomatic ties tested by President Trump’s combative approach, as the
New York Times reports (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/us/politics/trump-aluminum-steel-tariffs.html?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d494bbeee3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_31_07_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d494bbeee3-145367789) .

Stocks fell on the news, with the Dow Jones industrial average dropping 251 points, as CNBC reports (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/31/us-stock-futures-dow-data-earnings-politics-and-italy-on-the-agenda.html?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d494bbeee3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_31_07_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d494bbeee3-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: The U.S. is the world’s biggest steel importer. View Bloomberg’s interactive graph of the top-12 countries sending shipments here (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-31/ross-announces-u-s-imposing-steel-tariffs-on-eu-canada-mexico?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d494bbeee3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_31_07_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d494bbeee3-145367789) .

** Iran Deal Leftovers
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France’s Foreign Minister said on Thursday that the European Union has made some progress on measures to protect the bloc’s companies from U.S. sanctions on Iran but these were still insufficient, as Reuters reports (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-france/europe-making-progress-on-anti-us-sanction-measures-over-iran-france-idUSKCN1IW2NV?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d494bbeee3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_31_07_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d494bbeee3-145367789) .

And, the remaining parties to the Iran nuclear deal have warned the United States that its decision to withdraw from the pact jeopardizes Russian and Chinese efforts to limit Iran’s ability to develop atomic weapons, Western diplomats told (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear/u-s-withdrawal-may-halt-nuclear-nonproliferation-work-in-iran-diplomats-idUSKCN1IW2IV?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d494bbeee3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_31_07_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d494bbeee3-145367789) Reuters.

** Your Questions
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Do you have any questions about trade and how a changing U.S. trade policy may affect your life? If you do, please email me your question(s) to [email-masked] (mailto:[email-masked]?subject=Your%20Questions) . We’ll publish some of the best questions and get our experts to answer them on an upcoming CSIS podcast.

** Enroll for Fall
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Now enrolling for the Fall, CSIS & Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs offer a new Executive Master's in International Relations. Information here (https://www.csis.org/programs/abshire-inamori-leadership-academy/executive-education/executive-masters-international?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d494bbeee3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_31_07_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d494bbeee3-145367789) .

** In That Number
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** $3.3 billion
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The EU said it will impose within coming weeks duties worth €2.8 billion ($3.3 billion) on U.S. exports to Europe.
Source: WSJ (https://www.wsj.com/articles/tariffs-underline-u-s-tilt-away-from-european-allies-1527777399?tesla=y&mod=article_inline&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d494bbeee3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_31_07_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d494bbeee3-145367789 )

** Critical Quote
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** "We do not want a trade war."
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— French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire (https://www.wsj.com/articles/tariffs-underline-u-s-tilt-away-from-european-allies-1527777399?tesla=y&mod=article_inline&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d494bbeee3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_31_07_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d494bbeee3-145367789 )

** iDeas Lab
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Die Welt A new CSIS podcast, The Impossible State (https://csis.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=833ec271d60c6750d9c3baaac&id=767087fbab&e=8410de2645&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d494bbeee3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_31_07_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d494bbeee3-145367789) , features an insiders discussion on the United States’ top national security priority—North Korea.

** Optics
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Die Welt (Photo Credit: BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP/Getty Images) North Korea Vice-Chairman Kim Yong-chol poses with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today in New York.

** Recommended Reading
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“The life, death, and resurrection of the Russian opposition journalist Arkady Babchenko (https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-life-death-and-resurrection-of-the-russian-opposition-journalist-arkady-babchenko?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d494bbeee3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_31_07_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d494bbeee3-145367789 ) ,” by the
New Yorker’s Masha Gessen.

** This Town Tomorrow
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Join CSIS at 9:00 a.m. (https://www.csis.org/events/foreign-service-nationals-usaids-key-partner-success?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d494bbeee3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_31_07_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d494bbeee3-145367789 ) for a public panel discussion on the important role of USAID's foreign service nationals.

At 8:45 a.m. (http://www.aei.org/events/military-challenges-in-the-asia-pacific-us-responses-to-regional-competition/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d494bbeee3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_31_07_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d494bbeee3-145367789 ) , join the American Enterprise Institute for a conversation on how the U.S. can keep its competitive edge in the Asia Pacific.

And at 10:00 a.m. (http://globalhealth.org/event/fighting-hiv-by-empowering-adolescent-girls-and-young-women-a-learning-event-on-pepfars-dreams-partnership/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d494bbeee3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_31_07_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d494bbeee3-145367789) , join the Global Health Council for a discussion on the preliminary implications for future policy and programming around HIV and adolescent girls and young women.

** Video
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Today, CSIS’s Technology Policy Program hosted a discussion on the powers of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), and its potential increase in scope if a bill on foreign investments passes Congress. The speakers assessed what differences, if any, this bill may make in the ability of CFIUS to manage the flow of key technologies out of the U.S. Watch the full discussion here (https://www.csis.org/events/cfius-reform-will-bill-make-difference?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d494bbeee3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_31_07_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d494bbeee3-145367789) .

** Sounds
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On this week’s episode of Take as Directed, three leading health security experts with substantial frontline experience discuss the current state of pandemic preparedness around the world, gaps and priorities looking ahead, and how to maintain preparedness as a high-level political priority in times of peace.

Listen on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/take-as-directed/id1186398300?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d494bbeee3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_31_07_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d494bbeee3-145367789) and SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/csis-57169780/frontline-perspectives-on-pandemic-preparedness?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d494bbeee3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_31_07_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d494bbeee3-145367789) .

** Smiles
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I’ve been getting a bunch of great notes from people requesting more clips of Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, or JRAD, as the band is commonly known. My cousin Jason says he’d rather listen to JRAD than anything else these days. I now see why. It’s hard to bemoan the downfall or death of rock and roll when there are brilliant young musicians reinterpreting the music the way these guys are—you’ll recall that the Grateful Dead, the Beatles and Rolling Stones all began by reinterpreting the blues. There is hope people!

And I can tell you this, I am going to see JRAD live when they come to DC next fall at our newest, and hottest venue, The Anthem. Hopefully my cousin Jon will take me—I need the VIP treatment to see rock shows at certain venues these days, I’m not getting any younger that is for sure… In the meantime, there are some great clips of JRAD on YouTube and this is just one of them (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIewkBotrQM&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=d494bbeee3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_31_07_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-d494bbeee3-145367789) . Enjoy and Smile!
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