Max Baucus: “Farmers and ranchers have a better perspective on life. They are more philosophical.”

The most important geopolitical matter that crossed my desk during the 3 years I was there was TPP, and we blew it.

There is a real tension there between Kim Jong-un and President Xi.

So from my perspective, all I heard is China complaining, frankly, that the U.S. is not allowing the technology transfer that they like under the U.S. Export and Control Act.

In fact, the opposite was just the case. They kept complaining to us about our restrictions of technology transfer to China.