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For the United States, trade negotiations are part of US geopolitical policy, said former US Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Paul Craig Roberts, and the United States will seek to achieve a geopolitical goal. China approaches other countries differently than the United States. Take a look at the interview, and see how this Washington insider explains it.

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