Trade With China

Trade Policy: Countering the Walmart Effect

David Coates | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Fair Trade, Deindustrialization, Currency Manipulation, Middle Class Jobs, South Korea, Trade With China, Sherrod Brown, Trade Deals, Free Trade, American Wages, Race to the Bottom, China Trade, China Currency, Politics News
David Coates

Our current trade imbalance with China will not be fixed by currency manipulation alone, because American economic vulnerability is not rooted simply in the relative strength of the dollar.

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The Losses of Trade

Clyde Prestowitz | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Free Trade Agreements, Free Trade, Trade, Trade With China, Business News
Clyde Prestowitz

A new report on trade with China says that the adjustment costs like rising unemployment and the food stamps, declining tax receipts, reduced school budgets, and other expenses arising from trade with China wipe out up to two-thirds of the gains from trade.

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Solar Panel Importers Hit By $70 Million In Surprise Tariffs

nytimes.com | KEITH BRADSHER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Solar Panel Tariffs, Solar Panels, Imports, Trade, Trade With China, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Green Energy, China, Green News

Companies that import solar panels to the United States are facing up to $70 million in unexpected tariffs. The bill comes at a time when the industry...

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Foul-Smelling Chinese Drywall Causes Health Concerns in Florida

Bradenton.com | By JESSICA KLIPA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Products, Bad Drywall, Florida Homes, Health Concerns, Chinese Products, Florida Department of Health, China, Trade With China, Drywall, World News

MANATEE -- A growing number of homeowners worry that they, too, could have foul-smelling Chinese drywall in their homes. The building material has b...

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