Tim Adams
Tim Adams
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We take a holistic view in our approach to China,
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He was a stray. He was pretty hungry, pretty skinny and in pretty rough shape when he was brought here.
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You have to question why we haven't seen one built since 1976. Obviously, it's because companies have made a decision that it's unprofitable. Included in that calculation are probably a number of factors that the federal government could help influence.
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Being a tenor and having to sing at the bottom has been a challenge.
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We would like to see more US firms (in Malaysia), 250 or 350. This is a shared objective that we have. We would (also) love to see more US firms participating in the financial service industry here.
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So far we're comfortable with the way they've been managing them and the way they plan to manage them in the future. If there were a level (that was too high) I would not want to offer that in an open setting, because it does have serious market ramifications.
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When things go bad, they go bad, ... We are not very deep, and Camden County has a great program. We did not match up well. They have more speed. That is just about it.
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Properly presented, I think the routine publication of data would provide added information to reach fundamental judgments about exchange rate regimes.
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They're working on it. We always endeavor to get our reports out on time. But the president's visit could influence the outcome of that report and therefore it may be a few days late.
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They are going through a period of self-education about how the system works. We expect the Chinese to continue to move in the right direction.
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The real issue is 'How do you help China integrate into the global economy in a way that maximizes growth and minimizes disruptions?
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If you truly want to deal with these imbalances, bilaterally or multilaterally, you have to focus on more than just the currency,
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India is a stop along the way toward visiting all those countries -- including China and Brazil which we visited earlier -- that we regard as having the potential to become the major economies of the 21st century,
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It's our job at Treasury to be the sober voice of reason, to make others understand why protectionism is an inappropriate approach. Our job here is to promote free trade and capital flows and open markets.