zealand in course. german maybe easy. minutes to meet in singapore to discuss the china u.s. trade war after the white house says it wants to ratchet up chinese tariffs meanwhile the e.u. steps in to become the us favorite so it means by. that the figures do the talking nonsense record losses boss found in a mosque makes a promise soon will churn out ten thousand cars a week and investors are buying it. this is dean of your business i'm proud of us in berlin welcome foreign ministers of ten southeast asian nations are meeting for multilateral talks in singapore today at the top of the agenda of this meeting the escalating trade dispute between the u.s. and china it's become a conflict with a potential to do harm to many of the region's economies and the latest salvo from the u.s. is giving today's talks fresh urgency. the gathering is taking place amid continuing bad news for members of the association of southeast asian nations or.