Harold Creel
Harold Creel
effect thursday
If they don't come up with something, the fines will go into effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday morning.
effective sanctions track
At this time, sanctions are on track to become effective on Sept. 4.
missed
They missed the deadline, they missed their chance.
access appears assess carriers chinese continuing fully impact indicate issue less ongoing problem
Our continuing and ongoing monitoring does indicate that Chinese ports are less than fully open. We are continuing to assess what's going on over there and its impact on U.S. carriers and commerce?. The fundamental problem appears to be an access issue -- U.S. carriers can't do things there that their carriers can do here.
commitment earlier japan meet
Hopefully, Japan will meet the commitment it made earlier in the year.
clear commitment compromise forgive government inclined japanese last meet totally
I'm not inclined to totally forgive the debt. I'm not even inclined to compromise. It's just clear that the Japanese government did not meet the commitment it made last April. It's unfortunate, and this is the result.