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胡晨璇: Li calls for prompt talks on US treaty Premier Li Keqiang called for pragmatic efforts to promote negotiations for a high-standard China-US bilateral investment treaty as soon as possible at a meeting on Thursday with former United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. Paulson, currently chairman of the Paulson Institute, a think tank aimed at strengthening US-China relations, has been a frequent visitor to China. He also met with Li last month in New York, along with US experts in finance, media and research, during intervals in meetings at the United Nations. Li said China introduced the negative list and pre-access national treatment systems into the BIT negotiations. In a sluggish world economy and with rising trade protectionism, strengthening cooperation between the two countries sends a positive signal that promotes investment and trade liberalization, he said. Li said he hoped both sides would continue to make pragmatic efforts to promote positive outcomes in the negotiations and that they will quickly reach agreement on a high-level investment treaty. Paulson said his institute will continue to promote bilateral relations. "The meeting sends a clear message via Paulson to the US that China welcomes foreign investment, including American enterprises, and that the US should uphold trade liberalization and investment facilitation no matter who is elected the new president," said Chen Fengying, a researcher at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations. 周易： Trump says he will totally accept election results 'if I win' WASHINGTON -- US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said at a rally on Thursday he will totally accept election results "if I win." "I would like to promise and pledge to all of my voters and supporters and to all of the people of the United States that I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election, if I win," Trump told supporters in Delaware, Ohio, which is a key swing state in the the Nov. 8 election. During the third and final debate with his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton on Wednesday night, the New Yorker real estate billionaire refused to say if he will honor the election results, an unprecedented statement by a major party presidential nominee in the US history. "I will look at it at the time," he said during the high-stake showdown in Las Vegas. "I'll keep you in suspense." "Of course, I would accept a clear election result, but I would also reserve my right to contest or file a legal challenge in the case of a questionable。result," Trump told the crowd on Thursday. His comments ratcheted up his claims that has intensified in recent days that the election is being rigged against him. The Republican nominee's refusal to commit to accepting the election outcome shocked many voters in the United States, where the concept that defeated cannndidates should concede to the winner and bow out graciously and quietly has been considered an inherent part of its political system. Recent polls have shown Clinton has a steady double-digit lead over Trump after a leaked tape revealed Trump's lewd remarks about groping women earlier this month. The lead is more obvious among female voters, where Clinton enjoys a margin of 61 percent against 28 percent. 鲍俞哲： Cross-border capital outflows to remain stable Pressure on China's cross-border capital outflows eased during the first three quarters of 2016, an official said on Friday. The supply and demand of foreign currencies in China have become more balanced since the start of the year, Wang Chunying, spokesperson of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), said at a press conference. Chinese banks saw a deficit of $69.6 billion in foreign exchange sales and purchases in the third quarter, up from $49 billion in the second, but much lower than the $124.8 billion in the first, according to new data from SAFE. The narrowed forex sales/purchase deficit in the second and third quarters reflected an easing of pressure on cross-border capital withdrawal, Wang said. She attributed the increase in the sales/purchase deficit in the third quarter to seasonal factors, as summer vacation and the period before the National Day holiday are peak times for purchasing foreign currencies as residents prepare for studies abroad or overseas travel. Disregarding seasonal factors, the forex sales/purchase deficit stood at $48.2 billion during the July-September period, Wang added. Cross-border flows will remain "basically stable" in the future, she predicted, citing China's relatively fast economic growth, sound financial system, good fiscal balance, continuous current account surpluses and ample foreign exchange reserves as buffers against shocks.