00:00On North Korea, has the President tried to resume dialogue with Kim Jong-un?
00:05There's some reporting that the President sent a letter and tried to give it to Kim Jong-un
00:10through some North Korean diplomats through the UN, and they declined to take it and send it to Kim Jong-un?
00:15The President remains receptive to correspondence with Kim Jong-un,
00:19and he'd like to see the progress that was made at that summit in Singapore,
00:22which I know you covered in 2018 during his first term.
00:26As for specific correspondence, I'll leave that to the President to answer.
00:29Sure.
00:30Good afternoon.
00:31Back to the trade deal and negotiations with China.
00:35Jimmy Lai, as you know, is a pro-democracy advocate, Catholic, sitting in solitary confinement in Hong Kong as we speak.
00:42His family believes he may be close to death.
00:45Did his name come up, Jimmy Lai's name come up, in these negotiations with China?
00:50Not to my knowledge.
00:51I understand the negotiations were very much focused on our trade and economic relationship with China.
00:56Does the President believe he can free Jimmy Lai from prison?
00:59I will check with the President.
01:01It's certainly an important issue, and I'll get back to you.
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