US China Economy

What Chinese Steel Means to U.S. Savers

Richard Barrington | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Federal Reserve, Foreign Trade, Steel China U.S., Inflation China, BHP Billiton China, Iron Ore China, U.S. China Economy, China Interest Rates, Business News
Richard Barrington

Sometimes the world economy seems like a giant spider web: Touch one part and the vibrations are felt throughout the structure. So it is that slowing demand for steel in China could have an impact on U.S. savings accounts.

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"Losing" the World

Noam Chomsky | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: America Decline, American Decline, Noam Chomsky, Wealth Disparity, Income Gap, U.S. Manufacturing, Wealth Gap, China America Relations, U.S. China Economy, Politics News
Noam Chomsky

American decline is real, though the apocalyptic vision reflects the familiar ruling class perception that anything short of total control amounts to total disaster.

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Is China All It's Cracked Up to Be?

Rajan Menon | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: China, China Human Rights, U.S. China Economy, U.S.-China Military Relations, China Tibet, US China Relations, China Jobs, China Total Fertility Rate, Pax Sinica, Syria, World News
Rajan Menon

Sure, there's bad news about China: pollution, corruption, the hounding and jailing of dissidents, etc. But overshadowing such reportage is the grander theme of a China on the move and on the make, poised to reshape the world.

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Why Won't GOP Candidates Talk About China?

Richard Seireeni | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Free Trade China, China Free Trade, China Trade, China U.S. Trade, Ron Paul China, GOP China, Newt China, Romney China, U.S. China Economy, Business News
Richard Seireeni

The U.S. has a chronic addiction to imports, but nothing comes close to our trade imbalance with China. Compared to what we trade with OPEC, Korea, Japan or the EU, this is unfair trade on steroids.

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American Policy Made in China

Robert Kuttner | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: U.S. China Relations, China Business, China Policy, U.S. China Trade, U.S. China Business, China Economy, China, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Report, U.S. China Economy, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Politics News
Robert Kuttner

While Obama makes symbolic military gestures, his administration is doing nothing serious to contest China's growing threat to America's economic base.

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Obama In Hawaii For Diplomatic Talks

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Russia, U.S. Economy, Obama China, Hu Jintao, Obama Trade Policy, Obama Apec Summit, Russia Trade, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, Obama Foreign Policy, u.s. Foreign Policy, Video, Apec, Obama Hawaii, Apec Summit, Obama Asia Trip, U.S. China Economy, China, Politics News

HONOLULU — Searching for help, President Barack Obama lobbied the skeptical leaders of Russia and China on Saturday for support in keeping Iran ...

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Despite Faster Growth, Emerging Markets Underperform U.S.

AP | MATTHEW CRAFT | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Video, Emerging Market Economies, China Stocks, Brazil, Business News, Brazil Stock Market, China Economy, China, U.S. China Economy, Emerging Markets, China Stock Market, Business News

NEW YORK — It sounded like a can't-miss proposition: Buy the winners, drop the losers. Developing countries from Brazil to China are expanding ...

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Making It in America

Jerry Jasinowski | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: US-China-Economy, China US Trade, Manufacturing, US China Relations, US China Trade, US Manufacturing, US-China-Manufacturing, American Manufacturing, Business News
Jerry Jasinowski

Without question, the rise of China has been a major factor in our nation's loss of manufacturing jobs. However, there is growing evidence that China's challenge to U.S. manufacturing has peaked, and its competitive advantage is in decline.

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Gallup: More Americans Are Struggling To Eat Than Chinese

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Video, American Poverty, China Middle Class, Business News, America vs. China, China Poverty, China, Housing Crisis, American Hunger, U.S. China Economy, Business News

Millions of Americans are currently weathering the effects of a slow economic recovery. Many Chinese, meanwhile, find themselves struggling less to ke...

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The China Scare

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: US-China-Economy, Chinese Economy, China's Economic Growth, US China Trade, China's Growth, China Economic Growth, China Growth, World News
Hussain Abdul-Hussain

China's economic growth has left the West in owe. Some, like The Economist, believe that the East's rise and the West's decline are inevitable.

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Chinese Commentators Urge U.S. To Focus On Economic Recovery

AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Joe Biden China Visit, U.S. China Economy, China u.s Economy, China Economy, China United States, China, Joe Biden, China Joe Biden Visit, World News

BEIJING — Chinese commentators are marking a visit by Vice President Joseph Biden by offering a struggling United States advice: Stop flooding y...

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You Have Been Warned: China's "Pressure Issue"

Rebecca Novick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, G20 Summit, Human Rights, Economic Recession, South China Sea, Economy, Economic Crisis, China Human Rights Violations, Charter 08, China, U.S. Economic Crisis, g20, China Economy, U.S. China Economy, World News
Rebecca Novick

Beijing has become a master of the veiled threat -- using words that suggest ominous consequences but which are rarely backed up with specifics

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China Labor -- the Pure Shame of It

Leo Hindery, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foxconn, Deficit, Labor, China, Trade, China Economy, U.S. China Economy, World News
Leo Hindery, Jr.

China could be on the cusp of a new movement that markedly improves the lives of its workers, or the world could see this movement wither through a lack of organizing expertise or because of government crackdown. It's the moment of truth.

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Chinese Economy Grows Alarming 11.9% In First Quarter

bloomberg.com | Bloomberg News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Growth, China Bubble, Chinese Yuan, Yuan Dollar, China Economy, U.S. China Economy, China, Business News

China's economic growth accelerated to the fastest pace in almost three years in the first quarter, highlighting overheating risks that may prompt the...

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China Bank Lending Drops 43 Percent

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Bubble, Global Economy, China Real Estate Bubble, Economy, China Lending, US-China-Economy, China Bank Lending, China, China Economy, Business News

SHANGHAI — Lending by Chinese banks fell 43 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier as the government winds down its stimulus and tries...

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What We Don't Know About Jobs and Trade Can Kill Us

Leo Hindery, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Economy, US China Relations, US-China-Economy, US China Debt, China-US-Economy, US China Trade, China Economy, China Gdp, China Trade, Business News
Leo Hindery, Jr.

When it comes to the much needed specifics of China's trade figures, its GDP and its foreign reserves and direct overseas investments, it's shocking how little we know.

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Does Citigroup Need China?

Dean Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Banks, Bailouts, China Bonds, Economic Recovery, China Economy, China, U.S. China Economy, Citigroup, Business News
Dean Baker

The decision by China to stop buying U.S. government debt may not harm the economy's recovery, but it could be devastating to the recovery efforts at Citigroup.

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China's Economic Numbers Challenged

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US-China-Economy, China Economy, Recession, Economy, China, Business News
Dan Dorfman

Are we getting an economic snow job from the Orient?

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Young Science USA

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Science, Department of Energy, Steven Chu, National Institutes of Health, Barack Obama, Albert Einstein, Competitiveness, Doe, US-China-Economy, Education Budget, India Economy, Stimulus Higher Education, Steven Chu Energy Secretary, China Tech, National Institute of Health, Education Policy, U.S. Department of Energy, Relativity, Higher Education, Nih, China Economy, Cambridge University, Scientists, Politics News
James M. Gentile

If the future of our nation is not continually renewed by young Americans well supported in their advanced scientific research, we likely will have a very dim future indeed.

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Cash for Clunkers with our Bread and Circuses in Pax Americana

Michael Pento | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deleveraging-the-Economy, House of Representatives, Congress, Global Economy, China Economic Growth, Cnbc, Dennis Kneale, Obama Administration, Pax Romana, Global Economic Crisis, Japanese Cars, Federal Government, Pax-Americana, U.S. China Economy, Politics News
Michael Pento

It is increased production and decreased consumption that we need. We need to boost savings and pay down our debt.

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Niall Ferguson: Is U.S.-China Economic Marriage on the Rocks?

Nathan Gardels | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. China Trade, G2, U.S.economy, U.S. China Relations, U.S. China Economy, World News
Nathan Gardels

As the G-2 "strategic dialogue" between the U.S. and China gets underway in Washington, I talked with economic historian Niall Ferguson on relations between the two countries.

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The U.S. and China: Three Win-Win Programs for Climate Change

Peggy Liu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Pollution, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Green China, Green Energy, China, China Economy, U.S. China Economy, Shanghai-China, Beijing-China, World News
Peggy Liu

True collaboration takes place in the nuts-and-bolts of execution. It's time for the U.S. and China to collaborate in a meaningful way on investments critical to a healthy future.

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Our Enduring Competitive Edge

Jeremy Haft | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recalls, Competitiveness, Trade, Supply Chain, Heparin Recall, US Exports, China, Chinese Imports, Chinese Consumers, China Products, China Economy, U.S. China Economy, Business News
Jeremy Haft

The rash of product recalls reveals that China is not the manufacturing juggernaut we fear -- and that America has an edge we tend to overlook.

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Tables Turn, China Tells U.S. How To Run Its Economy

New York Times | Edward Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economic Slowdown, U.S. Deregulation, Trade in Recession, U.S. China Trade, Weak Economy, Recession, U.S. China Economy, Business News

BEIJING -- Not long ago, Chinese officials sat across conference tables from American officials and got an earful. The Americans scolded the Chinese ...

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