they mean business and what they want to give a good deal, it s very important that it s very important for them. it s going to be great for china in the u.s. and the world. jon: chief white house correspondent john rogers is traveling with the president in. what does the president have to say? good afternoon to you where the g7 summit has been taking place. let me point out that the idea that the president may be taking the stage any moment is open to a little bit of interpretation, we were expecting him a half an hour ago and looks like things have been pushed back until 10:30 eastern time because it is running a little bit late. what china has been saying first of all came from the vice premier this morning who made the following statement. china is willing to resolve its trade dispute with the united states through com negotiations and resolutely opposes the escalation of the conflict. that broke earlier this morning here in china where the
website. liu he saying they are willing to resolve the dispute through com negotiations and resolutely opposes escalation of the conflict. that of the president very positive this morning. in his first bilateral meeting. it was an 8:15 a.m. breakfast bilateral meeting with the president of egypt, in which the president said that he believes this maybe a real change of heart for china. it s too early to say whether this indeed is a sea change. at the press conferences afternoon, the president was again very upbeat and positive about it. but i asked him come after what we went through with china earlier this year, where they agreed to certain things and then said, you know what? we will degrade to those. if you thought they were sincere. listen here. do you trust that they are sincere? i do. i think they want to make a deal very badly. i think that was elevated last night. very late in the night.