The sad fact is we don't necessarily have much leverage to get China to change their exchange rate or their trade policies.
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The world oil market is very competitive and it is not clear what advantages cooperation could bring, particularly to the Chinese side since they are a much larger participant in the market.
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They are the biggest trading nation, they are one of the biggest receivers of capital flows. If you are going to be a global policy- making organization and leave a huge player outside the framework, you aren't going to have much credibility.
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China is looking to foreign companies, including Microsoft, as sources of technology.
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The Bush administration is under enormous pressure from Congress to do something about the uneven bilateral trade deficit. The underlying force is not the value of their currency but the low savings rate in the United States. If there's no change in the U. S. savings rate, the trade deficit won't go away.
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