u.s. negotiators in china today if tra 2k5id f today for trade talk, the first since they met at the start of december and agreed to a 90 day trade truce. deputy level negotiators trying to figure out whether a deal can actually be struck before march 1 because that is the date president trump threatened to impose another round of stiff tariffs. matt rivers is live for us in beijing with the latest on this. matt, given the com plenks iple this deal, is there any optimism of getting something done in that short of time? >> reporter: there is. i think if you look at both sides because of some incentive frankly on both china and u.s., both sides to maybe potentially get a deal done, at least more optimism than there was six months ago, the latest round of negotiations really trying to lay the ground work for talks