for their part the united states confirmed the statement the trade conflict has hit growth slowed investment and continues to weigh in the global economy the international monetary fund welcome signs of deescalation we welcome any step to deescalate the tree tensions and to rule back recent trade measures which you just mentioned and particularly if they can provide a path towards a comprehensive and lasting agreement so is this the 1st step towards a co-operative future no sooner had hoped broken out than doubts began to set in again insiders say there's already opposition building within the white house to removing the tariffs. market analyst franco berridge joins us from london now let's talk about bad communication to start with something we've got used to with a trump administration but something that the chinese is seeming to struggle with.