Wednesday, March 22, 2006

On China, trade, etc.


Morgan Stanley guy gives some messages from Chinese Primiere, in particular, some interesting ways that the Chinese are planning (and, in fact, able to plan--i.e. they are in a structural position to be able to focus on local issues, a luxury no longer open to the US) and on exchange rate issues. One quote that you know was made with a great deal of gravitas:

At the end of his discourse, he leaned forward, looked me straight in the eye, and stated with great emphasis, “You can take this message back to the American people: It is unfair to make China a scapegoat for structural problems facing the US economy.”





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