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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (557817)	3/31/2010 1:17:50 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575337

No, of course Obama didn't have anything to do with the spat. However, any good negotiator knows that you can use contextual events that are unfolding around you to your advantage. For example, as a politician, you can use the Google spat by fanning the flames of American discontent by referring to the spat in negotiations and in public forums. That alone will get China riled up and fearful of further flaring up of issues between the US and China. Second, you can talk publicly about the desire of the administration not to declare China a currency manipulator, but then privately have your political operatives fan the flames in the media over it, so as to put pressure on China. It's all about creating political leverage to strong arm China on issues such as Iran. This is creative politicking and negotiations. We tend to think of ourselves as helpless, but that is far from the truth. If we have a good leader, he can use circumstances to his advantage.