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RLK: But behind the scenes, I talked to economists, the leading economists officials, every day. Everybody wants a solution and they want it a lot sooner than 20 years. But number one, they have to have a government in Washington that are people they can talk to, that they will have confidence that what they say will be implemented. And the Chinese want a solution because many of the problems, if we look at the problems, solutions are consonant with what China needs itself, opening up markets further is one of them.
RLK: Economists tell me all the time that China needs to open markets. That more competitiveness within China — that’s good for China, but they can't look like they're subservient or bowing to foreign pressures. We can go through each of the issues that are critical: China has made progress in intellectual property. Is it perfect? Of course not, but they know they really need to improve that. They will reduce forced technology transfer.
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