pressure on china as a result of china's actions regarding hong kong, their actions in xin jiang, that is an action of the u.s. government and the president should remain steadfast on those issues. >> do we have the upper hand here is this something we can go into a trade negotiation, if it were to happen, in a position of strength versus one where we don't know how the eventual outcome will shape up for americans? >> it's hard to know who has the upper hand, and that's a relative idea, but what we do know is the united states has many tools they have been using to address specific concerns about chinese practices. whether it be trade practices or other issues, like i mentioned, human rights abuses, intervention in hong kong. specifically on the trade side, i think that there is not really a lot of effort or oomph to get more out of the deal or to get a phase 2. i mean, the trump administration has made it very clear that phase 2 is really a post-election goal, and like i said, i think that this meeting was more supposed to be, you know, just to follow what they agreed to in the phase