come together to vaccinate the world's people? but first here's my take. tensions between the united states and china have risen substa substantially. the trump tariffs remain firmly in place, washington searching for new ways to limit the spread of chinese technology companies while giving funds to american firms. china, for its part, is trying to curtail its vulnerability to america's long reach. in this atmosphere, one might well imagine that trade and goods between the two countries has plummeted. in fact, chinese data has shown that it recently reached an all-time high. welcome to the strange new world we live in. china and the united states have become more adversarial to one another in every way, and yet they are both part of a global economy that is deeply interdependent and has a dynamic of its own. tensions rise, but so does trade. it's not just with america. china and australia have seen