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DesertRat

(27,995 posts) Thu Feb 21, 2019, 11:41 AM Feb 2019

There are only two women at the table for US-China trade talks. They are the interpreters.

There are only two women at the table for US-China trade talks. They are the interpreters.

The only two who know what's going on.

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There are only two women at the table for US-China trade talks. They are the interpreters. (Original Post) DesertRat Feb 2019 OP

No surprise. Remember which party is in control. Firestorm49 Feb 2019 #1

I'm surprised that Ivanka isn't there DesertRat Feb 2019 #2

Maybe some on the bench understand Mandarin soryang Feb 2019 #3

It's unfortunate that this is where we are in 2019. DesertRat Feb 2019 #4

Firestorm49

(4,035 posts)

1. No surprise. Remember which party is in control.

Reply to DesertRat (Original post)

Thu Feb 21, 2019, 11:42 AM

Feb 2019

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)

2. I'm surprised that Ivanka isn't there

Reply to Firestorm49 (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 21, 2019, 11:43 AM

Feb 2019

soryang

(3,299 posts)

3. Maybe some on the bench understand Mandarin

Reply to DesertRat (Original post)

Thu Feb 21, 2019, 01:44 PM

Feb 2019

Some of the Chinese people at the table probably do understand English. That's one of their advantages. They've been studying the US for decades. We on the other hand already know everything so we don't need to understand them, they need to understand us. This has been the traditional US approach.

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)

4. It's unfortunate that this is where we are in 2019.

Reply to soryang (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 21, 2019, 05:31 PM

Feb 2019

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