Well, let's see. You probably know that the negotiations precede the meetings. Hu came with an armload of gifts that will improve trade balance. He ordered 80 Boeing jets, caved on intellectual property and ordered $500 million Windows installed in every Chinese computer, and reopened Chinese market to American beef. I was impressed.
To my knowledge Hu negociated the "Windows" with Bill Gates and he ordered the Boeing jets while in Seattle. I don't recall Bush negociating any of this.
We will just have to wait and see if the Chinese actually cave on intellectual property rights.
So if Bush negociated the beef, how much will that help our trade deficit with China?