Comment: I lived in China for 6 years and still visit... they are a very good people that I have come to respect..... and we can learn a lot from them on many fronts.... I think its counter productive to question another country on how they run things... certainly when you look at what that leadership has got done even if some things are a work in progress..... the 2 things I have learned is that 1/ The Chinese care about China not other countries.... Its not a bad thing..  And 2/ They know how to make a deal.... go figure  how these 2 things will go for us if we send in a bunch of Amateurs to do a deal even if we should… walking away from a bad deal should always be a strong option..

Best approach is to work with the USA on a final NAFTA plan and only then look at a Joint North American /China deal.. if it makes sense at all….

or it will become a story about a mouse being kicked about by 2 big elephants when they go to deal mode… lets ride in on the elephant we sleep right next too.