founder of the tech jane the wahwa, it s second larger manufacturer of smartphones in the world and apple is the third. the u.s. commerce department said the u.s. trade deficit increased to a ten-year high and a record trade shortfall with china. despite this bad trade news and uncertainty about whether the president has a clear strategy, mr. trump has been trying to project confidence about what he claims is progress on trade with the chinese. cnn s abby philip is at the white house for us. an administration official says there s a plan for the u.s. to seek extradition of this chinese executive. reporter: that s right, jake. amid all the turmoil on wall street, the administration is saying that they plan to extradite this huawei executive to the united states, and some in the administration believe that this arrest can be used as leverage in negotiations on trade with china.
activists or government. u.s. officials say the american soldier who allegedly shot and killed 16 afghan civilians was acting alone. the unidentified staff sergeant turn himself in after the shootings. officials have not said whether he had mental health issues or what his motive may have been. meanwhile, the taliban have issued a statement vowing to take revenge against, quote, american invaders and savage murders. security officials and medical sources say israel launched a new round of air strikes in gaza early on monday. they claim at least 30 people were injured. at least 18 people have been killed in israeli air strikes since friday. israel says it is responding to more than 100 rocket attacks from gaza. those are the headlines from cnn. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m charles hodson. good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. our top stories this morning