but chris rugaber. one more from twitter. some folks trying to understand china's economy with all the impact china has had recently on the u.s. stock market. was china's growth period related to their capitalistic policies and current decline to their reverting back to central control? guest: some of that is true. both aspects of that question have something to them. china tried to, open its economy and become more market oriented. it grow attely helps rates faster than most advanced economies. not know if they have completely reversed course. there were some things they tried to do, such as limit a drop in the stock market. sharesent was purchasing in its own stock market to try to prevent a stock market collapse. that did not work well. some of that is true. but there is a lot of other causes. they are trying to shift them and export-oriented economy, where most of their growth comes from companies shipping steel and manufactured goods, electronics, overseas. to build a more consumer-oriented economy with china's middle cl

you are on with chris rugaber. >> caller: good morning. i would like to make a statement and then i would like to ask a question. the statement is the reason the federal reserve doesn't raise interest rates is the interest on the national debt will go to almost $1 trillion in a few years. don't you think we should discuss -- i don't know. nobody ever talks about this. we are $500 billion over budget again this year. how long do you think we can go on doing this? the cbo says we are going top almost $1 trillion in a few years in interest when they raise the interest. the question is, we will collapse economically. no doubt about it. what is your opinion on the interest? don't you agree the federal reserve doesn't raise interest rates because the interest on the debt will go up? that's the real reason. i'll listen to your comments. >> a couple questions there. >> well, thank you. >> that's right. it is absolutely true as interest rates go up, that is going to hit the interest payments, raise interest payments that the government or the tax p

host: chris rugaber has covered trade issues and the national economy for the associated press since 2006. we appreciate your time. pointed viewers to "ap survey: dimmer outlook for u.s. economy, which is and hiring." you for your time. up next in a monday round table on "the washington journal," we discuss what walls -- what mighttion exists and what be needed. earlier, the center for strategic -- had an event about the ron deal. [video clip] well understood by the iranians that we are only talking about one category of our sanctions to be relieved as part of this deal. were put inons place the last several years specifically to address iran's nuclear deal. that is not mean all our sanctions will go away. a number of sanctions remain in place that were specifically and obviously put in place to address iran's support for terrorism. those remain in place. there were sanctions put in place for iran's human rights abuses. there are sanctions that respond to iranian support for the regime in syria. one of the fundamental ones that will stay in place are those that relate to individuals