the economic cooperation with other countries within delton road has taken a few hits to corruption scandals political challenges and ballooning debt and the partner countries have kept the projects momentum in check the belt road initiative may well have its limits as a counterweight to the effects of a trade war. it's time to cross so what's new york let's bring in financial correspondent hello it's over there so china is looking to expand into new acts footlocker the previously what other possible to studies have to come to us tariffs . you have to put tariffs on u.s. goods are limited because the u.s. only exports goods in the amount of around one hundred thirty billion dollars to china but china does have a whole lot of other options for example they could start not buying so many u.s. treasuries and even more then american companies who produce and shiners it was not considered to be imports there could be a stricter regulations there could be texas or there could be all kinds of possibilities for china to make their life for us corporations not that easy in the future and staying on t