Trump: No U.S. trade deals until Thai-Cambodian tensions end

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U.S. President Donald Trump expressed confidence that Thailand and Cambodia were willing to resolve their differences after he warned both countries that trade agreements with the United States would be withheld unless they ceased hostilities.  Speaking to reporters at the start of a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Turnberry, Scotland, on Sunday (July 27), Trump said Thai and Cambodian officials were expected to hold talks in the coming days.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/mry2xaeb  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00I asked my people, I said, how are we doing with Cambodia and how are we doing with Thailand?

00:11And they say, they're going to be coming in at some point to talk.

00:14I said, well, let's call them right now.

00:15So I called the prime ministers of each.

00:18And I said, we're not going to make a trade deal unless you settle the war.

00:22A lot of people are killed.

00:23You know that in a short period of time, the border, they're fighting pretty like wild.

00:27And I spoke to both of the prime ministers.

00:31And I think by the time I got it off, I think they want to settle now.

00:34I know they're meeting today or tomorrow and we're going to work with them.

00:40Marco Rubio is working with him also, his people and him.

00:44I think we're going to get that.

00:46That would be a great thing.

00:47But that's going to that would have turned out to be a bad one.

00:50And I will tell you, India and Pakistan, they were really getting ready to go at it.

00:55And so getting those things settled, if I can do it and if I can use trade to do that, it's, you know, it's my honor.

01:01But I had great talks with two very good people that they both really would like to make a deal.

01:09So we'll see what happens.

01:10Okay.

01:11How about one more, two more?

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