If we are to make progress, it is essential that our partners (the US) show much greater flexibility than they have up to now.

We welcome the progress towards flexibility that has been made in China,

New ideas stir from every corner. The show up disguised innocently as interruptions, contradictions and embarrasing dilemmas. Beware of total strangers and friends alike who shower you with comfortable sameness, and remain open to those who make you uneasy, for they are the true messengers of the future. -Rob Lebow.

The ending of the 50/50 partnership with Microsoft will give us more flexibility to continue the progress we've made.

It doesn't mean necessarily that we are going to strike, ... but it certainly gives us more flexibility in terms of how we proceed.

He gives us some flexibility there.