"Real results." So declared a banner behind America's top trade negotiator, Bob Zoellick, when he announced on July 8th that his country had resolved a long-standing dispute with China about semiconductors. It was, he claimed, the latest in a series of Sino-American trade quarrels that the Bush administration has sorted out. This being election year, Mr Zoellick had a political message to send: while John Kerry, the Democratic presidential candidate, bangs on about "getting tough" with China, George Bush's team is getting things done.
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