you know, for a couple of years there was bad communication. so good communication with chinese officials and to make sure that the us government understands that having us business in china, active in china, competing in china is good for the companies and is good for the united states. now the treasury secretary is also wanting to push back on china about overproduction whilst also advocating for favourable conditions for us businesses in china. do you think she s going to be able to achieve that? no. ina word. not today, but i think we need to keep that message coming. you know, if you drop a talking point, the chinese will feel, 0k, well, it s solved. so market access will continue to be a strong message as well as national security. she s going to be talking about national security and perhaps they ll talk about some areas where they can cooperate in perhaps third world financing to help alleviate third world debt. china dominates the sector and its cheap solar panels ar
The details of which are closely guarded but statements by the Prime Minister in Downing Street are usually reserved for significant announcements. Our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in Downing Street for us. Norman, the speculation is around an early election. What are you hearing . We have one unconfirmed source telling the bbc that theresa may looks set to announce the Snap General Election on june the may looks set to announce the Snap General Election onjune the 8th. That is roughly about six weeks away. Ignoring previous promises by number 10 that she would not go for an early summer election, she would stay the whole course through to 2020, repeatedly dismissing the idea. But we are now in a situation where some Opinion Polls giving the conservatives the lead of more than 20 over the labour party. There is a view that mrs may could have decided it is never going to be a better moment than now to go for a General Election. It would give her a huge mandate but were t