Be aware that as a business, you have an obligation to your employees and to other stake-holders, suppliers, customers - and some of those are legal obligations that you'll have to follow as well. |
Because whatever happens to China is going to have ramifications throughout financial markets. We in North America depend as much on Chinese growth as anyone. |
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Focus on the priorities -- because that's what the government got elected on -- and get those out of the way and then let's do things to improve the business environment because we're bleeding investment, at least in the industry outside the oil and gas sector. |
I guess that, in an election campaign, it is easier to talk about how to spend money than it is to talk about how to make money. But we should be doing more with more: Creating more value and hiring more people. |
I think next year is going to be a tough year. |
If China does not respond to some of these environmental or human rights issues, then it's going to be very difficult for the Chinese government to maintain some form of political stability, given this hot pace of development. |
This cost squeeze right now is really forcing a lot of companies to re-evaluate and consolidate on a North American or global basis. |
This is a much more realistic number than December's figure was. |
Unfortunately, this is part of an all too common trend. I think over the next year, we are going to see more closures and job losses like this. |
We have to make sure we can do everything possible not only to improve bilateral trade, |