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Economic Conflicts With China and Class War in the United States

Dean Baker | Posted 02.11.2012

Dean Baker

The debate over China is often buried in confusion, leading to a situation that is not conducive to effective action. A major reason for this confusion is that there is not a common U.S. interest against China.

Spend, Baby, Spend to Create Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!e

Donald Tang | Posted 05.25.2011

Donald Tang

China has the largest concentration of foreign currency reserves in the world. But America can finesse the situation to its advantage -- so that China becomes an engine for American job creation.

Climbing a Tree to Catch a Fish

Donald Tang | Posted 05.25.2011

Donald Tang

Blaming China for America's unemployment and for the decline in U.S. manufacturing jobs has become politically convenient, but China is not that bogeyman for all that ails us.

Geithner Advances Dialogue With China In Address To School

AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 05.25.2011

BEIJING — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Washington is getting its deficits under control and called on China to keep technology ...

NourChina and U.S. on ‘Collision Course' Over Yuan, Roubini Says

BusinessWeek | Allen Wan | Posted 05.25.2011

There is a 50 percent chance that the U.S. government will label China a currency manipulator, Roubini, a professor at New York University, wrote in a...

Please Mr. Geithner, Don't Pass the Buck on the Dollar

Michael Pento | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Pento

It looks like the plan the U.S. wants to pursue is to continue to discourage foreign investment, punch our bankers (the Chinese) in the nose, and punish those who are savers by crumbling our currency.

Five Chinese Cities Begin Trial Trading In Yuan, Replacing Dollars

Xinhua | Posted 05.25.2011

China's State Council, or Cabinet, announced a pilot program to allow exporters and importers in five cities to settle cross-border trade deals in Ren...

China Slams Geithner's Comments On Currency

Washington Post | Maureen Fan | Posted 05.25.2011

A top official at China's central bank hit back Saturday at comments by U.S. Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner, who said the Obama adminis...