There should have been greater concentration on lifetime income rather than allowing them to take out the money because we had an economic recession or they wanted to buy a home or their grandchild needed money for school.

The key element in dealing with the Chinese both indirectly and directly is to deal with state-owned enterprises.

We are all for it. But it also is an opportunity to advance human rights, which is critically important to economic growth.

There has got to be a transparent process with Congress, particularly with TPP, because it involves so many different countries.

As a businessperson, you would need to deal with local governments, and the inconsistency among local governments and the amount of corruption is legendary.

This is a good time for us to engage the Philippines and they may be falling below the radar a little bit.

The pace of reform has been slow. At one point in globalization, America was strong enough to be able to deal with currency manipulation.

I would just urge you to be prepared to answer questions as we deal with the economic integration within Asia.

A successful TPP offers incredible hope, but it is not going to happen unless there is a close working relationship between Congress and the negotiators.

We need to take the initiative, push ourselves and push the Taiwanese.

results are needed and progress needs to be made, and then you have to implement to make sure it is done after the meetings are over.

we cannot leave by the wayside our commitment to promote democracy, but also respect for human rights.

I find it hard to believe that you are not engaged in the impact of currency manipulation for market access for American companies.

Change is not just one way; and issues concerning the safety standards... does raise questions as to whether it is a nontariff barrier to free access to trade.

I would hope that we have a pretty aggressive strategy.

Economic engagement is a critical part of the rebalance program. It is critical to stability, it is critical to prosperity.

This is one of a series of hearings that we have held in regards to the Rebalance to Asia.

Well, we thank both of you for your testimony.