Clyde Prestowitz

@niubi Right on Mr. Rudd. White thinks he is being realistic but in fact is being naive.

@niubi Bill Bishop has the right idea.

Talk about chutzpah. Not yet even an applicant for CPTPP membership, Beijing says it will reject Taiwan’s application.

A lot of talk recently about Europe “weaning itself off US defense.” Believe it when you start reading about a new EU defense budget.

The @FinancialTimes says Goldman’s steady advance in #China hits “snags.” How about reality. Hank Paulson and his heirs fooled themselves for a long and for them personally profitable time. Now it’s time to pay the Piper.

@brookingsinst leader/former #GoldmanSachs head John Thornton getting Kissinger treatment in #China. This means #Beijing sees him as a top agent in DC. @georgesoros has already slammed Black Rock's Larry Fink for being an unwitting CCP agent. Wonder what he thinks of Thorton?

One hears much about countries and corporations not wanting to be #forcedToChoose between #China and the #US. Former #HongKong leaders #DennisKwok and #JohnnyPaterson are so right to explain that “one can operate either within China’s orbit or outside it.” Straddling not possible

Many say #Beijing and #Washington must fight climate change together. #WillNotHappen. #US must do its utmost and hope #China does the same.

Beijing's #wolfWarriors are now reaping what they sowed in #Australia. By cutting their Aussie imports they they thought #Canberra would come to heel. Bad bet. Now Aussie #nuclearSubs will be patrolling the South China Sea.

The #USChinaBusinessCouncil should be compelled to register as a #foreign lobbyist. It has no influence in #Beijing and exists solely to lobby the U.S. government to make life easy for the #CCP.

The future of American power – Paul Kennedy on whether China’s rise means America’s fall economist.com/by-invitation/… Kennedy fails to note that China's population will halve and age dramatically while America's will grow. China's water will run dry. Coastal cities under water.

Why does the #FinancialTimes, a champion of #freespeech, carry inserts of the #ChinaDaily, a champion of tyranny, folded into its pages? It never carried #Pravda or Hitler's #DerSturmer, why #ChineseCommunistParty propaganda?

Joe Sternberg has aptly coined a new phrase regarding #XiJinping. He wants #capital but not #capitalism says Joe. The big question is whether capitalists like #LarryFink want to keep donating the capital of their clients.

American friends: please get vaccinated, and help others get vaccinated too.

In the 1930s, the #GermanEconomy outperformed most others. Would Jewish #LarryFink have invested in #Hitler's economy? Sure, #Jews were being robbed and killed as #Uyghurs in China are today, but hey, the returns were great. Too bad #Fink isn't a #Uyghur.

You have to love #GeorgeSoros calling out #LarryFink and the whole #WallStreetGang on getting #China wrong. Investing in China now is not only going to lose the money of Fink's clients, but it undermines #US national interests. So there is at least one #honest guy on Wall Street.

@tim_cook This is kind of empty #Tim. You shipped all your real labor to China years ago. It has no labor unions, no labor day, and few if any protections for #labor. Isn't that why you like it so much?

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@Benioff It does. I just visited Maui. Had to prove I had been vaccinated. Everyone going to Hawaii has to. Clyde

If the federal government requires all travelers to get a test before coming home from abroad—then why doesn’t Hawaii require a test for all travelers too?

#USChinaBusinessCounci, #BusinessRoundtable, #USChamberOfCommerce are asking Biden to remove tariffs on imports from #China claiming tariffs make imports too expensive. #SoDishonest. #China devalued its #RMB after the tariffs were imposed. #RealCost of imports is #not high.

Disgusting. US Chamber and U.S.-China Business Council are immoral and oblivious to national security. nytimes.com/2021/09/01/bus…