retired for -- from long beach appear in twain harte and we are in the western hills. my question is, if mr. colston would please compare the minim wage in china -- mr. gilston would please compare the minimum wage in china to the minimum wage in the united states. ourovernor recently said he was going to start paying minimum wage to state workers to help with the budget deficit and all of that. also, i read a book on c-span called the wal-mart affect that was reviewed or by a guess on your program some time ago. my husband ordered it because it was not available in the bookstore. host: we will leave it there and of our best to answer your questions. guest: as far as i know, there is no minimum wage in china. depending on the industry's beck -- the industry sector, they can be quite low. there has been a lot of agitation in factories were more advanced products are made to raise wages. but even in good factories there, they are a dollar, the $50 per hour versus $7 here. -- $1.50 per hour versus $7 a year. host: what about trade deficits with canada? guest: one of the trade agreements we hav