about the talks in october and perhaps john bolton's ridgnation or sacking gets of an arch hawk in dealing with china here. tom: well, certainly your right to point out that bolton was a hawk on china. so, maybe the fact he is out of the administration weakens the voices that would be pushing for a very hard stance in terms of these trade negotiations. navarro and lighthizer are still very hawkish. in terms of the talks expected to take place and confirmed taking place in october, we have southe report from the china morning post saying that china could promise and take steps to buy more farm goods from the u.s. as a goodwill measure. on the other side of the equation, reporting that maybe the u.s. omega -- make a commitment on tariffs on huawei. additional once come the middle of december. maybe we get more movement. the date of which in october we are still waiting for. rishaad: thanks for that. tom mackenzie. our china correspondent. same question. does this resignation or sacking, he is out of the administration john bolton and some said he was the biggest impediment to doing a deal with beijing. what is your vi