They are not going to do it, the record says, unless they get a trade deal, or we threaten them in the absence of a trade deal. Derek Scissors More Quotes by Derek Scissors More Quotes From Derek Scissors U.S.-China talks change very quickly from hot to cold but, the longer it takes to nail down the easy Phase 1, the harder it is to imagine a Phase 2 breakthrough. Derek Scissors top-news It's odd that (the president) was so upbeat with (Chinese Vice-Premier) Liu He and yet we still don't have the Dec. 15 tariffs taken off the table. Derek Scissors top-news President Donald Trump's absolutely right that the Chinese are trying to stall until after the election, absolutely right. Derek Scissors top-news The treatment of Huawei has been a circus, if we have a deal, Huawei will absolutely be part of it because the president doesn't care ... about technology competition. Derek Scissors top-news We've had a change in atmospherics, while this is great for markets, the administration has not said one specific thing about how we're unstuck. Derek Scissors top-news Both sides might need some prodding, but we've had a very clear opportunity for one side or the other ... to say this isn't going to work ... and neither side did. Derek Scissors top-news There are many, many laws on Chinese books that don't get enforced. It will turn out that enforcement is quite spotty. Derek Scissors top-news Our previous negotiations with China have all been failures. Derek Scissors tech What really matters here is what enforcements will the U.S. have when the Chinese don't follow through. Derek Scissors top-news China's problems are chronic, not acute. Derek Scissors world Old, indebted economies don't grow. Derek Scissors world I would not, on the investment side, be betting against the Treasury Department. Derek Scissors top-news As I've said from the beginning, China will back off its industrial plans only when U.S. trade measures are large and lasting enough to threaten the influx of foreign exchange. Not due to announcements. Derek Scissors top-news My understanding is that, as of Sunday, he was coming here to say,' We'll buy more U.S. stuff,'. Derek Scissors business The (Chinese) reform camp has been selling (IMF inclusion) partly on the basis of international prestige, in particular equaling Japan, what is the reform movement going to say now to move reform forward ... if the IMF has already recognized China as an internationalized currency? Derek Scissors business Unless there is a national security risk, then I would say the private sector should solve this, and( regarding) claims by Peter Navarro and others that you can't trust the Chinese with anything, then it requires a lot more than banning TikTok -- but a total decoupling of The US and Chinese economies. Derek Scissors
