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shipments between various nations.
As I have suggested in my message in
the White Paper, we remain hopeful and deter-
mined that the US and China accelerate nego-
tiations for a Phase Two trade agreement.
Please stay safe.
Dr. Harley Seyedin
President, American Chamber of Commerce in
South China
Winner of the 2017 Oslo Business for Peace
Award (together with Elon Musk)
Awarded by the Award Committee of Nobel
Laureates in Peace and Economics
Visiting Scholar, Jinan University
President, Allelon Energy Partners
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While much of the disruption was due
to the logistics industry in China not having ç¥?¥½ï¼?
reached previous operational levels, many of
the companies reported a great deal of their ????¢è?äº????£«
needed items regularly being shipped from ???ç¾?????ä¼??
Japan, South Korea, Italy and the US ?? coun- 2017奥æ????ä¸????¹³å¥??å¥????????·å?
tries which are now under pressure from ????????·é©¬???ï¼?
the outbreak and who have limited travel ?±è?è´????¹³å¥??ç»??å¥??审å???????
and transportation. One must keep in mind ?¨å?大å?访é?å???
that a great deal of goods are air shipped via
commercial flights and the cancellation of ?¿æ?é¾??æº??»è?
thousands of flights will with no doubt lead
to shortage of transportation capacity, high-
er shipping prices and even further delays in
shipments between various nations.
As I have suggested in my message in
the White Paper, we remain hopeful and deter-
mined that the US and China accelerate nego-
tiations for a Phase Two trade agreement.
Please stay safe.
Dr. Harley Seyedin
President, American Chamber of Commerce in
South China
Winner of the 2017 Oslo Business for Peace
Award (together with Elon Musk)
Awarded by the Award Committee of Nobel
Laureates in Peace and Economics
Visiting Scholar, Jinan University
President, Allelon Energy Partners
