“We've been able to weather some of these storms, but clearly there have been effects,” he said.

“我们已经具备了平息这些冲突的能力，但是显而易见的是我们要注意到采取措施会带来的影响，”他说。

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There have been fierce political storms over foreign ownership of U.S. assets.

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Fortunately, these storms did not occur in the dead of winter, or there may have been much greater life safety issues to deal with.

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