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Negotiating Price and Payment Terms

Negotiating Price and Payment Terms
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ID: 0613 Intermediate
In this installment of our series, Canadian businessman Peter decides to lose the 'nice guy' image and get down and dirty in his negotiations with the Chinese factory. In this podcast, learn some Chinese-style business negotiation tactics. Listen and see if Peter has got what it takes to break free from the stereotypical 'polite Canadian' mold to overcome the infamous barriers of bargaining in Mandarin.
Jenny, John
Negotiating Price and Payment Terms
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
榔头 lángtou hammer
当时 dāngshí at that time
报价 bàojià price quote
贬值 biǎnzhí to depreciate
李经理我是
Lǐ jīnglǐ 李经理wǒ 我shì 是
Mr. Li, this is Peter.
哦怎么了
ō 哦zěnme le 怎么了
Oh! What is it?
榔头的价格不对比你当时的报价高
lángtou 榔头de 的jiàgé 价格bù 不duì 对bǐ 比nǐ 你dāngshí 当时de 的bàojià 报价gāo 高
The hammer price isn't right. It's higher than the quote you gave me.
你也知道最近美金贬值了所以我们公司调整了价格
nǐ 你yě 也zhīdào 知道zuìjìn 最近měijīn 美金biǎnzhí 贬值le 了suǒyǐ 所以wǒmen 我们gōngsī 公司tiáozhěng 调整le 了jiàgé 价格
Peter, you know that recently the American dollar has depreciated. We've had to revise our prices.
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