The U.S. today is taking a risk ... It is stepping forward, and it is my sincere hope that it (the plan) will jump-start the talks.
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I am sorry to report that we've not made the progress that we had hoped to make in order to put together a program for the Hong Kong meeting that would enable us to set forth a framework,Rob Portman
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I believe this kind of dedicated, country-specific enforcement team is needed to improve China's compliance with its obligations.
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We have a situation where the European Union is not willing or able to reduce barriers to trade.
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My frank assessment is if we can't pull it together next week ... then it will be very difficult to pull together other areas like services and nonagricultural market access in time for a successful Hong Kong meeting,
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I'm not giving up, ... We only have this opportunity once a generation.
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