permanent truce. john bolton and nicolas maduro are clashing with bolton tweeting u.s. will consider sanctions off-ramps for any venezuelan senior military officer that recognizes juan guaido as president. maduro hitting back saying his military is loyal and would never defect. for venezuelans trying desperately to survive rng things are going from bad to worse. isa soares with more from colombia. all right i . reporter: i m standing on the main pedestrian bridge. you see here it says welcome to colombia. and directly in front of me is venezuela. and what we have been seeing is an influx of people coming here every single day. they come with trolleys, they come with push chairs, anything stuffed with money. money that is worth nothing because of hyperinflation. and they come here and they buy really groceries, they buy
down from 55. $7 billion in october. it had been going up for five months in a row. now shrinking. the president s tariffs on chinese goods began in july. a lower deficit, that is good news for the president. but this isn t. farm bankruptcies are on the rise. the wall street journal reporting bankruptcies in three regions covering major farm states last year rose to the highest level in at least a decade. the president s trade negotiators will head to beijing next week to continue their trade talks as the clock runs down ahead of the march 1 deadline. robert lighthizer and steve mnuchin will travel for round three of negotiations. president trump has threatened to jack up existing tariffs if the two sides complaint reachar