roberton, aaron outlined the background to all of this and this is another very important week.is. a lot of numbers there from aaron and they are quite staggering. when we get to thursday, august 23 we can expect a further $16 billion worth of tariffs put in place by both the chinese and us side taking the total to about $50 billion worth of good that will be affected eye these tariffs. initially put in place, of course, by the administration of president donald trump. the americans are still threatening, as well, to take it even further, talking about new ta riffs it even further, talking about new tariffs rising from 10% to 25% on $200 billion worth of trade. these numbers are staggering. somewhat amiss in this week because we will have a fifth round of face—to—face talks but that will be low—level officials so, frankly, it is good they are meeting but expectations are low. and this is the question. with the expectation is so low and the viewpoint that things could actually escalate further, what impact that will have on china and the us. what do people say to you that about t