and reflection for the pace of the talks and the size of the deal. >> i guess you could say it must be the biggest deal ever made. a trade with china, have picked as i get? >> kevin: time is running out. the president threaten to raise tariffs on $200 billion of chinese goods if a deal cannot be struck by march 1st. on top of the more than $250 billion in tariff already imposed. >> we will be leveling the playing field. the tariffs are hurting china very badly. right now china is saving us billions of dollars in tariffs and i haven't even started. >> kevin: but trade talks have started. they lead to progress between the two parties according to the white house, something china's president hopes will continue. >> i think so far the trade from both countries is working to this consensus. >> kevin: among experts a healthy amount of skepticism when dealing with beijing. >> the real issue is if you can craft an arrangement that stops the chinese from stealing of hundreds of billions of dollars