Well, let's talk more trade and rising geopolitical tensions. Joining me now is Ambassador Nicholas Burns, former US Ambassador to China. He's currently co-chair of the Aspen Strategy Group and a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School.Ambassador, thanks for joining me. So, we just heard from Megan Cassal. The president is not seeking deescalation between Israel and Iran.At the same time, the US seems to be getting a lot of its goals addressed through some unusually aggressive means in Iran right now. What' ...

than a percent. Getting back near the recent all time highs. And that leads back to today's major geopolitical story.Those strikes and counter-strikes between Israel and Iran. The latest Israel's defense minister saying Iran crossed red lines with its strikes against Israeli cities. Joining me now is Fred Kempe, president and CEO of Atlantic Council and a CNBC contributor.Fred Israel's positioning this moment, it seems to be an existential threat to the Iranian regime. Is it. >> Look.>> We have someone work ...

Well, we haven't we don't have direct, you know, bomb damage assessments. There's lots of film footage coming out that shows some fairly extensive hits. And of course, as noted, the the attacks are continuing.I think it is interesting to see that we have yet to see a significant response from Iran that could indicate that they're at least their ballistic missile capabilities have taken a hit. But again, it's too soon to know. Iran could just be biding its time and waiting.But I think some sort of Iranian re ...