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“ There was a high level of concern within the Tsai administration that this pork referendum would pass. [If the pork import ban had been approved by Taiwan’s voters,] it just would have been very consequential for the U.S.-Taiwan trade relationship.”
“ We got this scientific miracle. We had a vaccine that was available six to nine months earlier than anybody had really believed in 2020...What that meant was that the second half of 2021 saw basically a general reopening in all of the advanced economies, and that certainly was a massive positive surprise.”
“ Turkey was considered to be an economic miracle during the first decade of Mr. Erdogan’s rule. Poverty was sliced in half, millions of people swelled the ranks of the middle class, and foreign investors were eager to lend.”
“ [President Erdogan] is not listening to the economists which is typical of strongmen. [The president was] increasingly less tolerant of dissent, particularly from within the party.”
“ China is probably one of the main conflicting lines within the new government because, of course, Germany is a country that is exporting and importing [to China] a lot, and its relationship with China is essential for the economy – decoupling from China would be economically very bad for Germany.”
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December 7, 2021
On Tuesday, December 7, 2021 Bonnie Glaser testified before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China on "How China Uses Economic Coercion to...