it's leading in the race to develop the chips needed to enable new artificial intelligence applications. and that's where the other tech giants and a lot of companies are spending big bucks right now. nvidia shares ended the trading day up more than 5%. alphabet, amazon, apple, meta, and microsoft all ended the day up as well. the major indexes have been hitting high water marks over and over in 202a. hitting high water marks this marks the nasdaq's 13th record close this year and the 25th for the s&p. another brand on the up — lululemon. the activewear brand beat wall street expectations on revenue in the first three months of the year. strong sales in china helped buffer a slowdown in spending in the us. shares rose around 12 percent on the results. us commerce secretary gina raimondo is in singapore this week for a meeting of the indo—pacific economic framework, an initiative to improve economic ties between america and asia. along with executives from major us companies, she also attended a forum to promote investments in green energy. for more on this, we're joined by deborah elms, the head of trade policy at the hinrich foundation.