1. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Friday the United States wants “near term” results from U.S.-China trade talks in September and October but cautioned that the trade conflict could take years to resolve....
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa- ... SKCN1VR1S7
2. The 18 months of so-called trade talks can be summed up by the following analogy:
Whenever the victim was brought to the interrogation table, the interrogation always ended with the Psycho shouting angrily, "Why are you so stubborn!?"
After 18 months of interrogation, the victim finally yielded to the Psycho's demand for “near term” results by signing an agreement to transfer a few million dollars into the Psycho's bank accounts.
After signing the agreement, the victim asked: "What is your commitment or concession? Can I keep all my teeth intact or you just extract only one tooth?"
The Psycho laughed: "Yes, as a concession I shall delay cutting off your nose and ears."
A large group of psychos could be heard shouting outside the doorway of the torture chamber: "Gouge out his eyes! Cut off his tongue! Flay him alive! Harvest his organs! Bleed him to death!"
The Psycho said: "Well, you can hear what they are demanding. If you don't walk calmly and obediently to the dental chair now, they will drag me all the way there to extract all my teeth."
P.S. Meanwhile, Kudlow is keeping everyone guessing what he meant by “near term” results.