carl tennenbaum stays with the team. ming up, we will continue the conversation with carl on some of the nuances of the shifts in the potential for the china covid policy. this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." i am manus cranny in dubai. xi jinping signaling a loser covid policy could be on the horizon. the measures have weighed heavily on the world's second-largest economy even as they have minimized fatality spirit our guests this morning is carl tennenbaum, chief economist -- minimize fatalities . our guest this morning is carl tennenbaum. biden and xi are in talks today. there is deep mistrust about whether xi will support biotin -- biotin. -- biden. how important is it to get a constructive readout on the line that would give us confidence that they are not going to go outside with russia? -- onside with russia? what is important to you? carl: china played this situation beautifully. vladimir putin visited president xi at the winter olympics and afterwards he said in the relationship had n