i'm paul allen in sydney. from: i'm shery ahn bloomberg world headquarters in new york. sophie: i'm sophie kamaruddin in hong kong. we are counting down to asia's major market opens. ♪ paul: here are the top stories we are covering in the next hour -- talking trade. president trump switches tony at again, saying a deal with china could happen sooner than anyone thinks. progress, too, on a deal with japan. a limited agreement is signed after washington withdrew the threat of tariffs and a threat of impeachment still hangs over the president. he releases the ukraine transcript. shery: let's get a check of how markets close. as you mentioned, we saw impeachment drama play out in washington. that weighed on markets a little bit, but there was more optimism for potential trade deals, not only with china, but that limited trade deal with japan