guy marzorati, marisa lagos.k you both for being here. >>> this week taiwan's president, wen, visited california. the ties to taiwan are complicated. china claims taiwan does not recognize it. the president met with house speaker kevin mccarthy and other officials including california's lieutenant governor. now in her second term in the position, shes a serves as california's international affairs and trade development representative. joining us now, serving thisúwe. welcome to the show. >> thank you, priya, it's great to be with you. >> thanks for being here. so tell us about the meeting this week and your work broadly as a representative of california to the world at large. >> well priya, it's great to be able to talk about this because i think it's important for californians to know that our state government is very engaged in what's going on in the world. and that the california brand means a lot to a lot of people. and so for us to elate our profile in the world stage whether it's on combating climate change