>> the white house trying to clarify remarks that president trump made at the g7 summit in france where he appeared to admit to having second thoughts about the escalating trade war with china. here is treasury secretary steve mnuchin. >> the president is determined to have fair and reciprocal trade with china and this morning's comments weren't meant to back that off, it was meant to say that he's determined as ever on this issue, he wants a good deal, he wants free, fair and reciprocal trade. >> let's bring in gordon chang, asian analyst and author of losing south korea, thanks so much for joining us. in further clarification of this white house press secretary stephanie sent statement, the answer has been greatly misinterpreted, president trump responded in the affirmative because he regrets not raising the tariffs higher, essentially saying that was the direction in which the information was supposed to go, your thoughts on the clean-up, how is it going?