War have crushed the syrian pound and with it the economy. Welcome to do that your business i want to get johnson berlin to have you with us a chinese delegation is on its way to washington for preliminary talks aimed at paving the way for next months trade negotiations deputy finance minister the albanian will be leading the chinese team the stakes are higher for both sides after previous attempts to come to an agreement to end a trade war failed the 2 countries half imposed hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs on each others goods hurting manufacturers and farmers in particular. For more lets bring in our asia correspondent in taipei to 102. 00 the latest Economic Data shows the trade route is hurting china a little bit more than the United States for now at least whats that mean for china is beijing the negotiating position is it a one off weakness. Well not necessarily because theres a different understanding on the chinese side even though there are now more people in china