own words, and prosecutors say that a preliminary investigation is now under way investigation is now under way in order to ascertain whether a crime of sexual assault has taken place. let s talk about us china tensions because the us commerce secretary is in china where she has been engaging with senior chinese officials in business talk. as part of their effort to reduce tensions, us and china have now agreed to conduct a regular discussion addressing trade matters intellectual property and restrictions. she is the fourth high profile official from united states to visit china is a well s two biggest economies aim to address their trade dispute. let s bring in frank levin, a former us undersecretary for commerce and international trade who joins us live from france that makes san francisco. thank you for joining us today on newsday. there have been a lot of
themselves are made. then, in february, beijing sanctioned two american defence manufacturers with ties to the us military. and last month, when the us government placed 43 firms both chinese and foreign companies on an export control list over concerns that the companies trained chinese military pilots and aided weapons development. secretary yellen has called for the cooling of tensions. during an appearance before congress last month, she said: our new york business correspondent michelle fleury has more. janet yellen is headed to beijing and hers is the second trip by a cabinet official to china since ties between the well s two top economies deteriorated earlier this year. the goal is to study the relationship but she has got