You're seeing manufacturing wages that used to be recycled through our country now being recycled through the Chinese market, ... Can we afford not to regain these jobs?

[Nonetheless, while there still is forward momentum in manufacturing,] it appears to be less robust than earlier in the year, ... These data add to the mosaic showing a still-strong but more slowly expanding factory sector: good news for the Federal Reserve.

It's just an intriguing saga this country has been blessed with.

I think it will be very difficult for the (Bush) administration to conclude a deal that the industry doesn't support. It would make too many people on Capitol Hill unhappy.

If the Chinese think the embargo problem in Europe is creating leverage for them over here, it's not going to work.

If this turns out to be a good deal, there's no doubt that we'll be pushing the U.S. government to do the same thing.