that is up 48% from a year ago. the president just tweeted that tomorrow he will meet with the chinese vice premier at the white house. >> good. >> but at the same time, larry kudlow, his chief economic adviser said his short-term deal is not off the table. so what they really want is a course correction from the chinese and you're not going to get it this week. they're looking at a president who is facing re-election, who is having trouble at home with an impeachment inquiry at home and maybe they're looking into who could be a president after him or maybe they're waiting for the second term of a trump presidency to try to hammer this out. they have their own internal issues. the kind of things americans want them to do is to change the way they do business. so you've got a real culture clash here in how these two different economies operate. and the fact that the president is meeting with the vice