growth is slowing down and the first reason why global growth is slowing is the risk of trade war two of these could do commission is it would be a good one. and i want to reiterate that my main concern the main french and european concerns. remains the risk of a world trade conflict and war driven by the trade dispute between china and the united states it is a worrying prospect then that this week will end up with a us china trade deal but with new tariffs and tensions we have now talking to stefan legan is an economist from the university of sun. why is christine so worried isn't this just donald trump playing hardball just for the sake of his local audience. well i think both is true of course donald trump is already laying the groundwork for his twenty twenty presidential election campaign