all right let's talk a little bit more about this i'm joined now by evan annette since she is general manager of the american chambers of commerce in germany and she joins me in the studio now good to have you here with us and i would like to start with with a more general question i mean what's it like for the american chamber of commerce in this day and age to represent companies well since we are the voice of transatlantic business obviously there are a couple of difficult issues especially when it comes to trade on the other hand the demand is so much higher now for analysis content insight that actually we are in a position to provide that and so we're in a much better position now because the demand has just risen so much so difficult topics but higher demand which is good for us because obviously right now there is an awful lot of insecurity also we have that in this report and i know the chamber conducted a survey among your members how do u.s. and german companies the european companies view the current trade situation well they are really unanimously in their reaction and th