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MENTION IRAQ, PERHAPS BECAUSE KIMMITT HAD SAID THAT THE US WAS AWARE OF CHINESE VIEWS ON IRAQI SOVEREIGNTY AND THE ENCLAVES. KIMMITT SAID THAT THE US WAS PLEASED CHINA HAD VOTED 'WITH THE US'' ON THE RECENT UNSCRS.
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QIAN ASKED ABOUT A VISIT BY BAKER. KIMMITT SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO SAY THAT BOTH BUSH AND BAKER WANTED SUCH A VISIT BUT THE CHINESE HAD TO CREATE CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF BILATERAL RELATIONS. QIAN PASSED ON THE BEST WISHES OF UNNAMED LEADERS TO BUSH.
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ON MFN, QIAN SAID THAT CHINA WOULD NOT ACCEPT WITHDRAWAL OR CONDITIONAL RENEWAL. THEY WERE PREPARING FOR THE WORST BUT
HOPING FOR THE BEST. QIAN NOTED THAT THE TRADITIONAL BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR CHINA POLICY NO LONGER EXISTED IN THE US. KIMMITT AGREED AND SAID THAT CHINA NEEDED TO ACT TO MEET US CONCERNS.
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6. KEYSER SAID THE MOST INTERESTING TRADE ISSUE DISCUSSED WAS WHAT THE US EMBASSY CALLED ''SLAVE LABOUR SOCKS'
THE CHINESE ARE (PERHAPS JUSTIFIABLY) AGGRIEVED THAT CONGRESSMAN WOLF HAS MADE SUCH AN ISSUE OF SOCKS WHICH WERE NEVER INTENDED FOR SALE BUT WHICH HE WAS GIVEN AS A PRESENT WHEN HE ASKED TO BUY THEM. TONG REITERATED THAT THE EXPORT OF PRISONER-PRODUCED GOODS WAS NOT POLICY BUT THAT MISTAKES HAPPENED. TONG SAID THEY WERE TAKING STEPS TO ENSURE THAT THE POLICY WAS MORE EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENTED. KIMMITT ASKED WHETHER THE US COULD STATE THIS PUBLICLY BUT KEYSER WAS NOT SURE WHAT THE CHINESE RESPONSE HAD BEEN.
7. THE CHINESE STILL DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE SIZE OF THE TRADE DEFICIT. THEY ARE TO SEND ANOTHER PURCHASING MISSION TO THE US IN MID MAY WHICH WILL, IN THEORY, BUY UP TO 2 BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF GOODS (KEYSER WAS SCEPTICAL). AS FAR AS KEYSER WAS AWARE THE CHINESE HAD NOT RAISED THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION TO BLOCK THE SALE OF SATELLITE COMPONENTS.
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TONG RAISED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR). HE HAD GONE HIMSELF TO THE US TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE BUT THE VISIT HAD BEEN WASTED GIVEN THAT THE US SIDE HAD NOT LISTENED TO WHAT HE HAD TO SAY AND HAD PUT CHINA ON THE 301 (S) LIST. KEYSER SAID THE TWO SIDES HAD BEEN WORKING TOWARDS A BILATERAL AGREEMENT ON IPR FOR SOME MONTHS. MASSEY, WHO WAS HERE SOME 4 WEEKS AGO, WILL
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