august, with the andlation of the trade war very bad car sales and car production, the number are goingng forward, i think we should see some stabilization. the downward pressure from higher tariffs are still kicking in. terms of the trade war escalation, what degree do you think a weaker yuan has been cushioning the impact, and where you see the currency heading from here? yuan as the rmb has appreciated against the dollar, but the dollar has been quite strong. has not really depreciated against other currencies so any cushioning factor is quite limited. and at the same time, the authorities are concerned that further depreciation could set in a protracted expectations of additional expectations for domestic residents. so they will continue to manage the currency tightly. we are only looking for 7.2 this year and 7.3 to share, although there should be volatility's. the recent news of some delay of tariff hike has sent see ny stronger. - cny paul: you also see policy easing on the way. what do you see in terms of magnitude and timing? ourn the policy easing, view is that the government

if they had wires, they could share with arizona andlater in the day they'd swat back and forth or maybe hydrogen so it's a good problem to have and we're figuring it out . >> how are you? good. i what i haven't heard you talk about is natural gas. we are producing more than we ever have and it's our largest source of electricity and it's cleaner than coal. it's 177 million americans every day because they're cooking with it, it's going to industrial facilities, powering the grid so why not natural gas? >> says the head of the natural gas association. >> i wrote my first book about fracking and natural gas are going to have a resource like wind, then every once in a while it's not going to blow. you need a system that's nimble to accommodate that. >> in today's renewable. >> absolutely and i made this argument many times, natural gas and the nimbleness of the combined cycle makes all this better. makes it feasible to have this mix so yes, if this is what you want me to say, i do completely agree that natural gas has been an incredibly important part of this. what's happening i think you