mr. dadush. you have mentioned that china needs to improve its international influence in the world. i want to know how. you have specific suggestions for the chinese policy makers? >> my observation is a longstanding one that comes from many years spent in frustration trying to nudge the doha negotiations along. and noticing two things. one, china is pretty much destined to to be the world's largest trading nation. it is not already, it is going to be within the next several years. -- if it is not already, it is going to be within the next several years. and that, in a sense, is trade power. if you relate it to this concept, you know, britain was the free trade power in much of the modest -- in the 19th century. the united states was the free trade power in a good part of the second half of the 20th century. and the free trade power is basically the world's largest trader, but it is also a competitive trader. it is a trader that is confident. my point about china is that they could be doing more, could have done more to promote the doha negotiations and to recognize that no country

mr. dadush. you have mentioned that china needs to improve its international influence in the world. i want to know how. you have specific suggestions for the chinese policy makers? >> my observation is a longstanding one that comes from many years spent in frustration trying to nudge the doha negotiations along. and noticing two things. one, china is pretty much destined to to be the world's largest trading nation. it is not already, it is going to be within the next several years. -- if it is not already, it is going to be within the next several years. and that, in a sense, is trade power. if you relate it to this concept, you know, britain was the free trade power in much of the modest -- in the 19th century. the united states was the free trade power in a good part of the second half of the 20th century. and the free trade power is basically the world's largest trader, but it is also a competitive trader. it is a trader that is confident. my point about china is that they could be doing more, could have done more to promote the doha negotiations and to recognize that no country

mr. dadush.remember that you said that china needed to improve as an international influence in the world. i want to know how? you have some specific suggestions for the chinese policymakers? thank you. >> well, yeah, no, my observation is a long-standing one that comes from many years spent in frustration trying to manage the doha negotiations along. in noticing two things. one, that china is pretty much destined to be the world's largest trading nation if it's not already it's going to be within the next several years. and it is in a sense the free trade power if you relate to this concept, and you know, united kingdom, britain, with the free trade power in much of the 19th century. united states was the free trade power in a good heart, doing good part the second half of the 20th century. end of free trade power is basically the world's largest trader. but it's also a competitive trader. it is a trader that is competent. and my point about china is that they could be doing more, could have don