the status quo how do you figure that does that make sense for you when i think even the 2 beacons randa and if your people are often criticised especially for their human rights record if you will p.r.'s also grappling with internal conflicts but also the government has come under fire so i think these countries were chosen according to economic interests but good governance apparently was not the primary factor to determine which countries could be part of the compact with africa initiative and i think there is a great. take i think you also need to promote good other countries would you want to include then. isn't this sort of it seems to me all of you are to some degree arguing it's all or nothing don't we need to move step by step and aren't there countries where you do see some potential for cooperation on trade and investment possibly beginning to change the dynamics or you want to have a look at it yeah i don't really see that the political dynamics in these countries are changing i think it actually helps the leaders to remain in power if they have good relations with the west o

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it easier forake victims of ip theft to receive compensation peering joining us is jeff and randa --da, it is hard to whether this could unravel at any second. most of this is china signaling willingness to address key u.s. issues. getting into ae bit like may. we get very close to a final agreement and then it is the nitty-gritty -- how do we enforce it, how do you monitor where the risk of the final deal actually falling down arises. i am european and when you see how the european commission works, where there is a will there's a way. is china different? >> china would have been willing to find a similar deal 18 months ago. it can import. it does not have set targets. it can import more u.s. agricultural goods. but this works in china's interest. it encourages foreign investment in its market. china has more intellectual property itself, so of course it wants to protect it as well. this plays very well into china's hands, but what does the u.s. get out of it is more of a? . a phase i one deal. where we might push back a bit is could we look back to a phase two deal? uncertainty, or