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        <title><![CDATA[David Hoffman - VP/Managing Director]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[David Hoffman is senior vice president and managing director of the Conference Board’s China Center for Economics and Business.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[What’s Missing From the U.S.-China Trade Deal]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The only way to truly change Chinese commercial behavior is to open up the country to full and unhindered foreign competition. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2019 23:00:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Pyrrhic Victory for Trade Hawks]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Tariffs on high-tech Chinese exports will hurt foreign companies most.]]></description>
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                <media:description>QINGDAO, CHINA - MARCH 08: Soldiers wait for a container ship to berth at Qingdao Port on March 8, 2018 in Qingdao, China. China&apos;s exports rose 36.2 percent year-on-year in February to 1.11 trillion yuan ($176 billion), according to the General Administration of Customs (GAC) on Thursday. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA["Huge" Trade Deficits Are Smaller Than You Think]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[And they may have plateaued, to boot.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2018 21:00:11 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 09:  Working staff make toys for export at a factory on October 9, 2017 in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province of China. As Christmas comes near,  production of toys has been stepped up at toy factories in Lianyungang.  (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)</media:description>
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