Absolutely not, a senior American policy maker said late last week.
There's a powerful message here for future American policy makers.
American policy makers say many details remain up in the air.
American policy makers, for their part, sought to put the best face on today's events.
Currently, it is the leading American maker in the country.
The American auto maker, he added, was well within its right of free speech.
American auto makers have also made clear that they are concerned.
But there appears to be little that American policy makers can do about the decline now.
British and American policy makers began to plan the post war international monetary system in the early 1940s.
When American policy makers are asked that question, there is an almost standard reply.