let's get to julian chillingworth, cio at rathbone. t extent were you surprised that they were able to make progress? not just this past, but at a testing time? julian: good morning to you. yes indeed. it is positive news that they held the meeting. as you may recall, less than taser go -- 10 days ago, the meeting was postponed. that's good news and they are making progress. we should also bear in mind that, if my memory serves correctly, as of the end of june, the chinese had only completed 23% of the amount of u.s. goods that they said they were going to buy this year. there is a lot of work still to be done. i think it would be great to see some fresh orders coming through. i am sure donald trump would like to see some purchases of agricultural products, for instance. let's see where the talks today move on to, actual buying of u.s. goods and giving u.s. companies access into the chinese markets more openly. >> there has been a very heated breadthround the market and s&p 500. members are00 index trading above their 200 day moving ave