my name is suzanne clark. i serve as president and ceo of the chamber of commerce. on behalf of the american business community it is my honor to welcome prime minister fumio kishida and his esteem delegation to washington. i want to welcome ambassador emmanuel, thank you for being here. let me recognize a few other champions in the room for a vibrant business climate and strong bilateral partnership between our countries. one is doug peterson who serves as chair and president and ceo of s&p global and david gessler, vice chair of the business council and ceo of western digital. i want to recognize tomoko milani who has done so much for today's event. thank you to all of you, i know you are here because each of us is committed to forging the most dynamic and resilient economic partnership possible between the united states and japan. we know could gland emerging technology is a key part of that. last follow group of us from the us chamber traveled to tokyo where we were warmly received for the 60th anniversary, the 60th annual us-japan business conference. we had a