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Brian Schwartz

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544 total appearances

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The Journal.
Inside the Surprise U.S.-China Trade Deal

And so we were going into this with almost zero expectation that anything was going to happen. And then it did.

The Journal.
Inside the Surprise U.S.-China Trade Deal

And so we were going into this with almost zero expectation that anything was going to happen. And then it did.

The Journal.
Inside the Surprise U.S.-China Trade Deal

I mean, listen, I get out of the cab, I look around, and I said, where the heck am I? And I arrived to this massive property with this over six, seven foot gate. And you look, you know, the gates start to open for some reason. I don't know why they did that.

The Journal.
Inside the Surprise U.S.-China Trade Deal

I mean, listen, I get out of the cab, I look around, and I said, where the heck am I? And I arrived to this massive property with this over six, seven foot gate. And you look, you know, the gates start to open for some reason. I don't know why they did that.

The Journal.
Inside the Surprise U.S.-China Trade Deal

I mean, listen, I get out of the cab, I look around, and I said, where the heck am I? And I arrived to this massive property with this over six, seven foot gate. And you look, you know, the gates start to open for some reason. I don't know why they did that.

The Journal.
Inside the Surprise U.S.-China Trade Deal

And you see what's through there and you see this beautiful home, Secret Service and other security, including from Geneva police, are standing in there. And, you know, you've got to the right place because this is just not normal to be happening.

The Journal.
Inside the Surprise U.S.-China Trade Deal

And you see what's through there and you see this beautiful home, Secret Service and other security, including from Geneva police, are standing in there. And, you know, you've got to the right place because this is just not normal to be happening.

The Journal.
Inside the Surprise U.S.-China Trade Deal

And you see what's through there and you see this beautiful home, Secret Service and other security, including from Geneva police, are standing in there. And, you know, you've got to the right place because this is just not normal to be happening.

The Journal.
Inside the Surprise U.S.-China Trade Deal

It did come up and it was a piece, not a focal point, but a piece of the conversation. So on the first day of talks, Scott Besant sat down with China counterparts and picked up, there was a plate of sugar on the table. And he takes a little bit of sugar and says, this is how much could kill a single person.

The Journal.
Inside the Surprise U.S.-China Trade Deal

It did come up and it was a piece, not a focal point, but a piece of the conversation. So on the first day of talks, Scott Besant sat down with China counterparts and picked up, there was a plate of sugar on the table. And he takes a little bit of sugar and says, this is how much could kill a single person.

The Journal.
Inside the Surprise U.S.-China Trade Deal

It did come up and it was a piece, not a focal point, but a piece of the conversation. So on the first day of talks, Scott Besant sat down with China counterparts and picked up, there was a plate of sugar on the table. And he takes a little bit of sugar and says, this is how much could kill a single person.

The Journal.
Inside the Surprise U.S.-China Trade Deal

Then he picks up a little bit more and he says, this is how much could kill people across Geneva. In terms of fentanyl, this is what he was trying to say. And he picks up some more sugar and he says, this is how much fentanyl could kill people across Switzerland.

The Journal.
Inside the Surprise U.S.-China Trade Deal

Then he picks up a little bit more and he says, this is how much could kill people across Geneva. In terms of fentanyl, this is what he was trying to say. And he picks up some more sugar and he says, this is how much fentanyl could kill people across Switzerland.

The Journal.
Inside the Surprise U.S.-China Trade Deal

Then he picks up a little bit more and he says, this is how much could kill people across Geneva. In terms of fentanyl, this is what he was trying to say. And he picks up some more sugar and he says, this is how much fentanyl could kill people across Switzerland.

The Journal.
Inside the Surprise U.S.-China Trade Deal

Yes. And he made it extremely clear with that example how important this was to figure this out, at least down the road between the U.S. and China.

The Journal.
Inside the Surprise U.S.-China Trade Deal

Yes. And he made it extremely clear with that example how important this was to figure this out, at least down the road between the U.S. and China.

The Journal.
Inside the Surprise U.S.-China Trade Deal

Yes. And he made it extremely clear with that example how important this was to figure this out, at least down the road between the U.S. and China.

The Journal.
Inside the Surprise U.S.-China Trade Deal

I think that China should be very happy with the deal because now the U.S. got the reciprocal tariffs down. And it's kind of, in a way, albeit with tariffs still on China from the U.S. side, from what Secretary of Business said, a clean slate, a fresh start between both sides. That's clearly how... The U.S. are going at this from what China said around the same time of the deal.

The Journal.
Inside the Surprise U.S.-China Trade Deal

I think that China should be very happy with the deal because now the U.S. got the reciprocal tariffs down. And it's kind of, in a way, albeit with tariffs still on China from the U.S. side, from what Secretary of Business said, a clean slate, a fresh start between both sides. That's clearly how... The U.S. are going at this from what China said around the same time of the deal.

The Journal.
Inside the Surprise U.S.-China Trade Deal

I think that China should be very happy with the deal because now the U.S. got the reciprocal tariffs down. And it's kind of, in a way, albeit with tariffs still on China from the U.S. side, from what Secretary of Business said, a clean slate, a fresh start between both sides. That's clearly how... The U.S. are going at this from what China said around the same time of the deal.