All the same, the recent announcement that two special economic zones will be developed with the co-operation of China might just signal the start of a big change for the stricken country.
The dispute revolves around the use of what are known as standard-essential patents (SEPs) - patents that are deemed essential to the operation of standards such as mobile phone signal.
The high-end devices have a fully symmetrical layout for operation with analogue audio sources, thus ensuring absolutely symmetrical signal transmission from the source to the headphones.
In particular, observers look for Fed officials to discuss what to do when the program known as Operation Twist ends, as well as to discuss setting numerical targets to signal how long policy-setters will keep the target federal funds rate at essentially zero.