| 41. | In 1999, for example, trade between the two countries was relatively small at $ 5.7 billion, Lardy said.
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| 42. | Nick Lardy, an expert on the Chinese economy at the Brookings Institution, believes Hong Kong's prices must fall further.
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| 43. | It's not an attractive market, " said Nicholas R . Lardy, a China expert at the Brookings Institution.
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| 44. | Nick Lardy, an Asia expert with the Brookings Institution, said he was " surprised " by Gingrich's statements.
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| 45. | Lardy argues that this deterioration could already be under way because of the loss of foreign credit and the slowdown in the Chinese economy.
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| 46. | But Lardy noted that while China suspended various talks with the United States on Monday, it did not withdraw from the trade talks.
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| 47. | "The Chinese have been very reluctant partners, " said Nicholas Lardy of the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank.
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| 48. | It can be confused with the Lardy cake, which is very similar apart from the principal ingredient being lard instead of beef dripping.
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| 49. | "Nobody had any expectation for blockbuster agreements, " said Nicholas Lardy, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute in Washington.
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| 50. | Lardy said, adding that " the environment has never been worse for China in the raising of capital in foreign markets ."
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