Fred Bergsten China Quotations

China is the 800-pound gorilla overshadowing all of the U.S. economic relations.

We get the strong sense that the degree of frustration with China is accelerating very sharply and is not likely to be assuaged by a few orders that likely would have been placed anyway.

So what we're showing in our numbers (is that the) bilateral deficit with China should really be interpreted as a U.S. deficit with all of Asia, not as a bilateral problem with China to be singled out.

It's a big mistake not to label China if the U.S. law has any meaning. They are still intervening massively to keep their currency from rising. I don't see how you can not define that as manipulation.

It is ridiculous not to have China and India ... on our side of the table in the energy policy debate internationally.

The failure of China to permit its currency to move, as most other countries in the world are doing, leads to a major protectionist trade reaction here in the United States.

In this crucial area, China is not playing by the rules. Failure to get progress on the economic issues will undermine the whole relationship and make it harder to get cooperation on security issues.