let's check in with our china expert cliff coonan who is in hong kong at the moment . are they really that difficult the us that is. this is it just because of china i think it's largely about china i think one of the things we're learning is that the truth doesn't like multilateralism doesn't like dealing with a lot of people that wants you prefers dealing one on one. with you know he's been just shocked at the nation he's been destructive with the climate climate change summers and now he's taking aim at it don't you cio and i think the focus of this anger which is our of his approach is basically on china and he's looking for a trade deal with china that will suit the us and he doesn't want the job he owes any kind of destruction to the us but also their rules of the w t o have been set up when china still was an emerging power an emerging economy now it's a 2nd biggest economy in the world do the u.s. have a point. i think there is a sense that that china has been having it all its own way for too long and certainly the us what the u.s. would argue and they've been

china expert cliff a coonan from business joins me in the studio now hi cliff it is chinese investment a blessing or a curse from want to make well i think it's a blessing and a curse in this case i mean clearly montenegro needs the infrastructure it's a small country that's trying to fight its way and. raise its status within europe at the same time it is a curse and like any loan it's got a risk elements where if they come back the land montenegran could become collateral so it works both ways why is china so generous china's generous because china's trying to build influence it's looking for outlets for china sitting on quite a lot of cash that it needs to invest. and so the silk road is very much part of the us i think so it's trying to build up infrastructure as part of the silk road but it is also trying to build political influence i was interesting in the report we had that china basically came to the rescue with the e.u. just didn't manage to invest the money and a lot of experts say the. 2020 will be a critical year for you china relations how come well i think we've got this