Jonathan Ferro

The U.S.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio leading a delegation as the Trump administration pushes transatlantic ties potentially to their limits.

The Republican Senator Tom Tillis is on the ground in Munich and he joins us now for more.

Senator, welcome back to the program.

Forgive me for doing this live in the moment, but the news just crossed.

This is on Alibaba, reporting from Reuters that the Trump administration is expected to add Alibaba to a list of firms that allegedly helped China's military.

This according to reports, sir, just moments ago.

Senator, clearly the U.S.

administration, and Congress for that matter, is looking to put a bit of a squeeze on China.

Landing in Europe, in Munich, Germany, do you believe that you have the Europeans on side in this effort?

So, Senator, with that in mind, should U.S.-based investors be able to have access to investing in these companies?

Well, Senator, let's talk about that.

Creative destruction is a feature of the U.S.

economy and American dynamism is something Lisa was talking about earlier on this morning.

Senator, I feel like there's an aversion to that these days and a fear associated with some of the headlines we've all seen over the past week, the prospect of white-collar jobs being wiped out.

How do we prepare for a moment like that and ensure that what globalization did to manufacturing doesn't happen to services with AI?

So, Senator, it's intriguing because we heard from the Treasury Secretary earlier on this morning, speaking to the American press, and he said the following, that I spoke with Republican senators early this week, and I think we have agreement to go ahead with the Walsh hearing.

Do you have an understanding of where he's getting that impression from?

attorney with a dream.

Senator, if you had the call from Treasury or from the White House about this, when was the last time you had the conversation on the issue?