Chinese Exports

The U.S. Export and Import Bank Should Help Finance Sales of Domestic Firms That Compete with Imports

Robert E. Scott | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Boeing, Chinese Exports, Gdp, Imports, Korea Free Trade Agreement, Ex-Im Bank, Exports, Business News

Promoting exports while ignoring the negative impacts of imports has become an executive mantra in Washington. It's time to end that single-minded focus.

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China's Premier, Wen Jiabao, Stresses Importance Of Helping Europe

Reuters | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: International Trade, European Debt Crisis, Eurozone, Global Economy, Trade, Reuters, Chinese Exports, Eurozone Debt Crisis, European Imports, Europe, China, Wen Jiabao, Video, Business News

BEIJING, Feb 5 (Reuters) - China has a stake in helping the euro zone countries get through their debt crisis, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in co...

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China's Economy Is Contracting in the Industrial Sector

Sheldon Filger | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Chinese Exports, China's Economy, Eurozone Debt Crisis, Chinese Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao, China's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), China Euro Debt, Eurozone Crisis China, China Eurozone, China Euro Crisis, Business News

In our integrated global economy, no one is immune to the effects of a legacy of bad economic and fiscal policymaking in Washington and Brussels, least of all Beijing.

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China's Hypocrisy

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Currency Manipulation, Chinese Yuan, Quantitative Easing, Chinese Exports, China Exports, US China Trade, China Currency, China Trade, Trade Dumping, Business News

The world's biggest exporters, led by China, are ganging up on the United States in advance of the G20 meeting against quantitative easing. Free trade and globalization are grand ideas when the playing field is level, but it isn't.

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The Pandora's Box of Trade With China

Usha Haley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chinese Exports, American Manufacturing, Paper Industry, Obama China, China Subsidies, China, US Trade Deficit, Free Trade, World News

Only timely U.S. government intervention on trade with China will forestall the demise of U.S. manufacturing. This is not protectionism, but wise competitive policy.

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Broadway Miracle Sighted on PBS -- South Pacific Permitted Full Use of Real Instruments

Melody Breyer-Grell | Posted 05.25.2011

South Pacific, based on a collection of stories by James Michener, is a multifaceted piece. The plot is the thing in this play, although it is loaded with the requisite number of hit tunes.

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US Companies Rethink China Ambitions

The New Republic | James Mann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US China Relations, General Electric, Chinese Economy, US Economy, China, US, Business, Chinese Exports, Jeffrey Immelt, Economy, Business News

A couple of weeks ago, Jeffrey Immelt, the chief executive of General Electric, complained indignantly about China's current and bitter hostility towa...

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China Faces Growing Labor Unrest Amid Wave of Strikes

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chinese Exports, Chinese Economy, Global Economy, Toyota, Chinese Labor Unrest, Honda, Strikes in China, Business News

Strikes are breaking out throughout China; in virtually every case that has become publicly exposed, the employers have been forced to provide large pay rises as the price of ending the labor dispute.

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Yuan Gains, But China Warns It Won't Fix Economy

AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: G20 Summit, Group of 20 Summit, Exchange Rate, Yuan, Beijing, Chinese Yuan, People's Bank of China, Chinese Manufacturers, Currency, China Economy, China Currency, Chinese Exports, Renmenbi, Rmb, Business News

SHANGHAI — By loosening its currency's peg to the dollar, China is seeking to defuse complaints that it keeps its exports artificially cheap, st...

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In Trade, Too Often, the Victim is Blamed

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

The U.S. media strongly supports protections for copyrighted material like movies and music, but it isn't so sympathetic of trade cases involving manufactured goods, like Chinese-manufactured tires.

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NYT: The 'Great Ambiguity' In Economic Data

nytimes.com | PETER S. GOODMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Double-Dip Recession, Chinese Exports, Manufacturing, Economic Recovery, Recession, Fiscal Policy, Manufacturing Jobs, American Manufacturing, Business News

Signs of revival on the factory floor emerged in the United States and Asia on Monday, fueling exultant buying on Wall Street and reinforcing a sense ...

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China Reins In Bank Lending Over Concerns About Real Estate Bubble

AP | JOE McDONALD and MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China, Chinese Exports, Chinese Economy, China Economy, Inflation, Asset Price Bubble, Shanhai Composite Index, Credit Crunch, Bank Lending, Business News

BEIJING — While the rest of the world is trying to recover from recession, China is trying to slow its economy down. Beijing took steps Tuesday...

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China's Exports Plunge

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chinese Exports, China Exports, China Stimulus Package, China Economy, Exports, Global Economic Crisis, China's GDP, Foreign Affairs, China, Advocacy, Business News

The world's third largest economy is sending worrying signals to those whose best hopes for an end to the Global Economic Crisis reside with China.

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Are IKEA, Outlet Malls, Wal-Mart, and Whole Foods Really Bargains?

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizenship, Vance Packard, Christopher Lasch, Whole Foods, Cheap, Chinese Factories, Outlet Malls, Wages, Craftsmanship, Cheap Eats, Globalization, Barbara Ehrenreich, David Reisman, Ellen Ruppel Shell, Wal-Mart, Shrimp Farming, Slow Food, Labor, Consumerism, Ikea, Michael Pollan, Betty Friedan, Local Food, Chinese Exports, Marketing, Sustainability, Deforestation, Pricing, Eric Schlosser, Red Lobster, Food, Green News

American consumers are being taken for a ride.

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Will the Chinese Economy Save the World?

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chinese Exports, Chinese Economy, Financial Crisis, U.S. China Relations, Timothy Geithner, China Economy, China, Business News

A growing number of Chinese officials are on record as believing that the U.S. dollar will eventually lose its role as the world reserve currency.

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Geithner: China Should Decrease Exports

wsj.com | MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Treasury Department, Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, Federal Budget Deficit, Hu Jintao, Chinese Economy, Premier Wen Jiabao, Timothy Geithner, Chinese Exports, China, Treasury Secretary, Business News

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner heads to Beijing this weekend to urge Chinese leaders to fundamentally alter the export-oriente...

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Will China Save the World from Depression?

Walden Bello | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China, Economic Crisis, Rural Communities, Infrastructure, Economic Stimulus Package, Chinese Exports, United States, Beijing-China, American Consumers, Industrialized Agriculture, World News

The heroic American middle class consumer -- weighed down by massive debt -- has ceased to be the key stimulus for global production, but don't expect Beijing to save the global economy any time soon.

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Going to the Country: Unemployed Chinese Migrant Workers Return Home

John Wagner Givens | Posted 05.25.2011

In the world's biggest annual migration every Chinese New Year over one hundred million internal migrants take a break from their jobs and studies in ...

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Chinese Migrants Home for the Holidays, Perhaps Permanently this Year

Alexander Davenport | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Migrant Workers, Chinese Exports, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, China Economy, China, China Protests, World News, Migrant Workers China, World News

Faced with unemployment in expensive, unwelcoming urban environments, many migrants are getting an early start to their annual ritual of heading back to their home provinces for New Year.

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What's for Dinner? Lead and Antifreeze -- Yum!

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lead, India, Children, Tainted Chinese Milk, Milk, Lead Paint Toys, Fda, Antifreeze, Healthy Child Healthy World, Imports, Melamine, Toxic Imports, Chinese Exports, Heparin, Meat, Children's Health, China, Tainted Toothpaste, Green News

Over the past couple of months, melamine has been heavy in the headlines... dairy products manufactured in China were intentionally contaminated with the chemical.

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NHTSA: Ford's Chinese Tire Troubles; Kerkorian Selling Ford; Unsafe Knock-Offs; Americans Driving Less

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Lincoln MKX, Taiwan, Chrysler, Ford Mustang, Cars, China, 2008 Beijing Olympics, China Products, Mercury Grand Marquis, Daimler, Los Angeles Auto Show, Specialty Equipment Market Association, Chinese Exports, Munich, Nhtsa, Ford Focus, Nbc, Chrysler PT Cruiser, Toyota, Gm, Ford F-150, Shanghai Baolong Automotive, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Cerberus, Las Vegas, Ford Motor Co, Ford Explorer, Ford Expedition, Ford Escape, Kirk Kerkorian, Big Willie Robinson, Ford Fusion, Harry Reid, Ford Edge, Taiwanese, Sema, Automechanika, Frankfurt, Business News

There's good news, bad news and -- finally -- some smart, encouraging news by and for American drivers.

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Chinese Baby Formula Tainted With Harmful Chemical, FDA Warns

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chinese Exports, Chinese Food, Baby Formula, Chinese Baby Formula, Fda, Home News

WASHINGTON — Tainted infant formula from China may be on sale at ethnic groceries in this country, even though it is not approved for importatio...

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Why Ohio Needs China's Fertilizer

Rebecca Fannin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rustbelt, Silicon Dragon, Economy, Beijing, Ohio, Entrepreneurs, Innovation, China, Olympics, Chinese Culture, Chinese Exports, Rust Belt, Business News

What I sense in China is an optimistic spirit of millions of young people. It is uplifting to be around -- whereas as much as I don't like to admit it, Ohio is depressing and depressed.

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Chinese Auto Exports Grow By 64 Percent

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chinese Exports, Chinese Commerce Ministry, Chinese Auto Exports, Chinese Cars, Business News

China's auto exports soared in the first 10 months of the year, according to Commerce Ministry figures, but revenues from passenger car sales overseas...

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China Defends Quality Of Goods

AP | Audra Ang | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Chinese Exports, Li Changjiang, Exports, China, Safety Campaign, Business News

China is enforcing strict standards for its exports and will continue to work to regain consumer confidence in its products a top quality official sai...

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