The meeting was the first high-level U.S.-Chinese contact since then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's brief visit to Beijing in September.
In particular, the creation of new high-level U.S.-Soviet working groups on economic issues and the decontrol of sophisticated dual-use technology should be deferred indefinitely.
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One, this week, a high-level U.S.-India strategic dialogue took place in Washington, and yesterday, the President called the Prime Minister of India, Mr. Singh.
So far, as a consequence, this fall we will hold a high-level U.S.-Poland business roundtable, which brings together private and public sector leaders to identify and promote new opportunities to boost economic growth.
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We appreciated the substantial increase in high-level U.S. engagement in ASEAN-led political-security fora, including the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus), the EAS, and the Expanded ASEAN Maritime Forum.
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Mr. Gates declined to comment on what military steps the U.S. was considering, saying he wanted to give a high-level U.S. delegation traveling to Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing and Moscow this week time to come up with a multilateral consensus.
To that end, President Obama and Prime Minister Tusk announced the convening of a high-level U.S.-Poland Business Roundtable that would foster a collaborative government and private sector discussion to identify new commercial opportunities, promote innovative research and development cooperation, and to address obstacles that hinder commercial growth.
We recalled the 2005 Kuala Lumpur Declaration, the 2010 Ha Noi Declaration, and 2011 Declaration of the East Asia Summit on the Principles for Mutually Beneficial Relations, which reaffirms and elaborates the broad vision, principles, objectives and modalities of the EAS. We welcomed continued efforts in the six priority areas of cooperation under the EAS framework and recognized high-level U.S. engagement in those areas including energy, education, environment and disaster management and response.
WHITEHOUSE: Joint Statement of the 4th ASEAN-U.S. Leaders' Meeting
Its value is derived from the world's faith in America as much as from the strength of the U.S. economy or the level of U.S. interest rates.
At one level the U.S. has been trying to insulate itself from that risk.
And the Russians are undoubtedly very happy to hear that a high level of U.S. officials will be coming to Russia to discuss that possibility.
Even with the improvement in bullish sentiment, individual investors remain cautious, however, given the events in Europe, the slow level of U.S. economic growth, and Washington politics.
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There is encouraging news on the level of U.S. preparedness.
Most investors expect the U.S. to adopt IFRS eventually and believe the transition will depend on a clear framework for auditors, a satisfactory level of U.S. influence over standard-setting, and investor education and communications.
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In fact, there are cogent arguments to be made that the level of U.S. corporate taxes is now uncompetitive across all of our industries, relative to most other developed or developing countries, and that our lack of a rational immigration policy is hastening the departure of talent from the U.S. to the benefit of our economic competitors.
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In essence, at the strategic level, the U.S. military is being asked to do more with less.
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However, officials acknowledged the obvious "symbolism" of the highest level meeting between U.S. and Yugoslav officials in years.
The threat level in the U.K., for example, has been listed as "severe, " meaning an attack is highly likely, since early 2010.
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Because of these trends, price changes at the farm level in the U.S. have less impact on a percentage basis than ever before.
Ms. TASNIN ASLAM (Spokesperson, Foreign Ministry, Pakistan): There has been a perception in Pakistan, at the public level, that U.S. is not reliable friend.
Last week the Department of Labor said the unemployment level in the U.S. had dropped to 8.9%, with less people saying they are actively looking for work.
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For that reason, job losses in the oil industry and the current high-level of overall U.S. unemployment will not get better, but are likely to only get worse.
Like Ghana, Nigeria has shown promise at youth level, winning U-17 World Cup titles in 1985, 1993 and 2007, and winning Olympic gold at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
There is coherence at the level of the U.N.
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We welcomed continued high-level ASEAN-U.S. consultations on energy.
WHITEHOUSE: Joint Statement of the 4th ASEAN-U.S. Leaders' Meeting
History doesn't exactly inspire confidence: in the wake of the Japanese and Asian crises in the 1990s, loan-to-deposit ratios fell to around 80%, which is also roughly the same level that the U.S. market has fallen to today.
There were earnings from some big names, GDP numbers out of China, inflation at the consumer level in the U.S., not one, but two reports on U.S. manufacturing, and a report on the state of the consumer from the University of Michigan.
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Rookie Brendan Steele paid for a double-bogey at 15 and a missed short birdie putt at 18 on Friday as his par 72 left him level with former U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy (72), Rich Beem (70), Kevin Sutherland (70), Charley Hoffman (73), Brandt Snedeker (72), and Kevin Chappell (73).
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