sustained escalation across the relationship meaning you don't carve out pieces of it. that do it that way. we have to do it that way. our whole relationship is sustained and committed the pressure. the other is invoking the help of our foreign partners. what i'm troubled by on the administration's posture, working with -- invoking the help of our foreign partners is complicated because we're engaged with this trade disputes with the e.u. and japan and mexico and canada, which we should have teamed up to confront them. i understand trade is an issue that needs to be addressed but i don't know why we didn't address china first together and dealt with our allies second. the other is the sustained and committed escalation across the entire relationship. on that front, i'm puzzled by the decision the administration made on zte. i know that was not a state department decision. it was a commerce one. i agree if the zte issue was a sanctioned violation, the penalties imposed have been devastating. zte is more than a sanctions