Bright spots. Exports declined less than domestic but weak demand continues to bite. Joining us from hong kong is in karenrrent is in the is enda curran. Is pickingps demand up, and might put a floor on the economy into year end. There was a weaker import, and that underlines that the domestic demand is still weak. We know that new orders of the official manufacturing pmi remain weak as well come us adjusting that bottoming out still has a little bit to go before we can fully call it stabilization in chinas economy. The trade numbers were ok. There were certainly some optimism, but the big picture remains whether the government can push ahead and reach this phase i agreement theyve been talking about. Alix speaking of, the conversation has been to digitally that the phase i deal will happen in a rollback. The ministry of commerce spokesman in china saying that there have been serious discussions, and agreed to remove the tariffs in phases as progress is made on the agreement. What is t