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Than a continuation of interest-rate cuts. on the other hand, manufacturing activity does continue to slow around the world. in fact, new numbers today showed factory activity in the u.s. declined for a third straight month albeit at a slower pace than the month before. in china manufacturing activity fell to an eight month low. speaking of china, fresh optimism on the odds of a phase one deal on trade being signed sooner rather than later. >> not only the increase, the opening up of the markets and the lowering of regulations. very positive. >> on the not-so-positive side we received word tod...

Confront china's trade practices. the president responded, quote: remember, the eu and all treat us very unfairly on trade, also. as china trains its response on american agriculture republican steve daines of montana and georgia's david perdue are in china. they met with china's top trade negotiator. markets over the past month have slumped and recovered, responding to trade developments. this morning more concerning economic data. the institute for supply management says factory activity contracted for the first time in three years. beyond trade, more disagreements between the u.s. and china...

There will be less money for you, partly because of the pay cuts, and they want to take more money out of you for these massive government programs. >> melissa: dagen, there is no doubt that the trade war is bad for the economy at least in the short-term. but at any moment in time the president can declare victory and call the whole thing off. some are wondering on the financial side if he is waiting on that to do it close to the election. if you're very cynical, you believe he is holding back to end the trade war and that would be a juice to the economy on the market. >> dagen: but in the mea...

Touring an american robotic plant in pennsylvania, president trump has promised to invigorate the american industry although some of his tariffs are hampering it. he's already imposed tariffs on chinese imports and is considering tariffs on $300 billion more. >> president trump: will make that decision over the next three weeks. i will be meeting with president xi right after g20 and will see what happens. >> china has already responded with the products and the institute for supply management says u.s. factory activity is growing at its weakest pace since 2016. >> it seems to be raising price...

Live on a very sunny day there in beijing. monday's market slide in china could have been a whole lot worth. circuit breakers stopped trading in times of extreme volatility. richard quest explains how it all works. >> it was the first major test of these circuit breakers. and nobody could have really forecast exactly how they were going to be so tested to destruction. the reasons why they were activated, first of all, you had a jolt of bad manufacturing data. there was the 10th month of shrinking factory activity. that's the fundamental reason that starts the whole process off. the chinese e...