I m sorry kelly welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has arrived in vietnam where he will outline his vision for trade ties with asia he will be speaking to asia pacific leaders at the apec summit but trump s america first policy could make him the odd man out as the region pushes ahead with a free trade deal with out the united states it comes after a meeting with chinese president xi jinping in beijing she will also address the forum and is expected to reiterate china s willingness to replace the u.s. as the leader in global free trade. and for more we re joined now by howard lovin an asia expert at the university of erlang in nuremberg in germany thanks so much for being with us this morning we ve heard that trump is expected to outline the future u.s. role in the region what do you think that we re likely to hear well we definitely will hear something from him about the trade relations that have to be enhanced