Jiang says China remains export-oriented enough that in the short term it must cut some arrangement with America rather than immediately absorb a total closure of trade access.
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"...this trade access and China needs to respond both in the short term in the long term okay long term you have to destroy..."
"...support iran um yes i understand long term but in the short term i'm saying within the next five years you have a huge..."
"...Russian oil refineries and export hubs. So the world, in the short term, has no choice but to look to America for its energy..."
"...would simply say to that that, you know, Trump has said short -term pain for long -term gain. And the big question, of course,..."
"...must change at some point, okay? They must give up their short -term economic, uh, scheming and approach a more holistic geopolitical approach in..."
"...insular, too conservative, too corrupt, too much infighting, too much selfish, short -term behavior. Okay? So, so back then there was a deep desire..."
"...he's attacking Iran. He's managed to humble China. So in the short term, things look great for the empire because the world is completely..."
"...the way American businessmen and our economy thinks. We think in short -term quarterly profits. We don't build for the long term. And so..."
"So basically just people looking out for, again, short -term thinking, people looking out for their own self -interest, not their country's interest, not..."
"And the answer is because it benefits them in the short term. Okay? This is a short term solution that creates long term problems...."
"...So again, the major prediction is that America may in the short term seem as though it is winning, but in the long term,..."
"...too much of a bully. And at this point, in the short term, China has no choice but to work with both Russia and..."
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