A further increase in China’s trade surplus failed to fully offset the effects of a worsening housing market, which has left consumers wary.

President Trump teed up a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in two weeks after U.S. and Chinese officials are set to discuss ways to de-escalate a growing trade war this week. Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center Senior Fellow Samm Sacks joins Alex Witt to weigh in.

A mid-air scare resulted after a lithium battery caught fire, filling the cabin with smoke, during an Air China flight heading to South Korea.