David Spooner
David Spooner
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We have just ended the fourth round of negotiations with the Chinese aimed at reaching a broad agreement.
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Despite our best efforts we were not able to reach a broader agreement. The US remains optimistic that we can continue to make progress on the remaining issues.
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Despite our best efforts, we were not able to reach a broader agreement.
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The multiple-origins theory was based in part on the broad distribution of potatoes from north to south across many different habitats, through morphological resemblance of different wild species to cultivated species, and through other data. Our DNA data, however, shows that in fact all cultivated potatoes can be traced back to a single origin in southern Peru.
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In our numerous consultations with our domestic textile and apparel industries and members of Congress, we heard unambiguous calls for a more comprehensive approach to textile trade with China, ... As a result, we will commence negotiations on a broad agreement with the Chinese.
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In contrast to all prior hypotheses of multiple origins of the cultivated potato, we have identified a single origin from a broad area of southern Peru.
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Our discussions this week have yielded substantial progress on a large number of issues. We look forward to meeting again soon.
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We are very pleased with the comparative sections. They provide us information on what they have done successfully.
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We have not come to an agreement that meets the needs of our domestic manufacturers and retailers.
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We have had extremely productive discussions over the last two days and I am hopeful that we can wrap up, if not today, then at another meeting,
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We have had extremely productive discussions over the last two days,
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But the United States will have no hesitation in walking away from a bad deal.
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There are many different colors -- solid and mottled and dotted from white to tan to purple to red.