It's like climbing a mountain. At the beginning you have relatively easy hills to climb. The closer you get to the peak, the steeper the climb is. Those last few steps before you reach the peak are very strenuous, very difficult.

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We'd need to reach cruising altitude pretty quickly tomorrow if we are to be able to reach an agreement during our time here.

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We don't feel that there's any discrimination in terms of treatment that is being given to Europe with respect to other partners.

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We've met with the prime minister and I think that's a reflection of the importance that the Chinese side gives to our presence here, and to the objective that we both have in mind.

167

The meeting with Mr. Zhu was useful in terms of setting out the positions that we have at a higher level.

166

I can see us certainly being here until the end of the week.

154

We're at a stage where both sides are reflecting and the Chinese side suggested we meet again ... tomorrow.

136

Both sides got totally out of the starting blocks, but that's as far as we've got, and we've got a number of hurdles to get across until we can see the finish line.

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We don't have a reason to be disappointed.

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