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Chicken feet, pork feet and pig ears have higher appeal in China than they do to American consumers, just one more way American protein producers and China can have win-win relations in the field of agriculture, Chinese Ambassador Qin Gang said Saturday. #ChinaUS #CGTNAmerica
President and CEO Shane Smith of Smithfield and team hosted Qin and his delegation, including representatives from China’s agricultural sector, at their processing plant in Denison, Iowa. #QinGang #ChinaUS #USChinatrade #CGTNAmerica
As guests they were treated to a down-home lunch after a detailed presentation highlighting Smithfield’s success since being acquired by China’s WH group for $7.1 billion in 2013. Smithfield has operations in the U.S., China, Mexico and Europe. #USChinatrade #CGTNAmerica
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The lengthy list of commitments by China to purchase American goods reminds me of US-Japan trade negotiations decades ago which had similar haggling.... #USChinatrade 1/
Here are excerpts of Kakuei Tanaka and Kissinger discussing how to get the bi-lateral deficit with Japan down in the early 1970s, in the early days of the 'Japan threat'.... /2
“I have a list in front of me detailing the items that can be increased. Gas turbine generators, for example.” Tanaka tells Kissinger Japan wants to get the previous year’s $3.2bn deficit under $3bn, although he warns "it could take some years." /3
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