dates coinciding. it's just the latest example of the continued entanglement of the trump family buses and the foreign policy of the united states under the trump administration, and it's today owes conflict of interest watch. here with me is cnn's cristina alesci. what steps have ivanka trump taken to try to clear up these potential conflicts? >> she stepped away from managing the business on a day-to-day basis and put her financial assets in a trust, but at the end of the day she still makes money off of her companies. ethics experts say keeping that financial stake raises the potential for corruption here. their point is why take that risk and open yourself up to questions like the one we're raising today about the timing of these approvals. ivanka's company says there's nothing to see here. at first they told me earlier today the brand has filed, updated and rigorously protected its international trademarks over the past several years in normal course of birks especially in regions where trademark infringement is