Kevin Hassett Asked Point Blank: 'Has China Reached Out?'

White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett is asked whether China has reached out to discuss trade.

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00:00I know you've mentioned that there was something about 15 or potentially 20 deals on the table

00:06the last time we checked in. Do you have an update on that number? It's more than 15 now

00:10that I asked James and Jerry yesterday to get to read out. And a deal on the table is specifically

00:15like people have listed here are the things you're willing to do. And they're really big,

00:19big steps forward for a American worker. And going off of my colleague's question,

00:23do you think firing Jay Powell is an option now in a way that it wasn't before?

00:26The president and his team will continue to study on that. But what I exactly think we have in the market.

00:31Have President Xi and Trump actually spoken? Have President Trump and President Xi Jinping spoken?

00:36I don't have anything to add on China right now. Has China reached out?

00:39I guess that anything to add on China, we could keep going.