How many times do we hear the forces of doom--primarily from the right wing that wants to end just about everything government does that can help the American people--that we cannot going on "borrowing from China"?

Here's a quick primer on what the candidates have been saying, and where American manufacturing can travel in the next few years. Expect a crescendo on China next week when the candidates spar at the next debate.

Romney is heating up his offensive on the China trade issue. His campaign blog just released a page promising he "will ensure China plays by the rules," and blaming the Obama administration for not doing so, starting with currency manipulation.

(Recasts, adds details) WASHINGTON, July 12 (Reuters) - The top Republican in the U.S. Congress highlighted a policy rift Thursday wit...

What a good businessman should understand is that trade is not a zero-sum game and that the economies of China and the U.S. are more complementary than competitive.

The latest noteworthy example of China's protection of its industries -- and its 'rest of the world be damned' behavior -- is it's allowing its steel industry to duck yet another global environmental initiative.

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.

WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of senators hammered China as a nation of "cheaters" Wednesday and laid down a challenge to House Speaker John Boehne...

Maybe Herman Cain, the latest boomlet in the GOP presidential race, will be elected president. Or maybe his 15 minutes of fame have just arrived. Either way, it behooves us to see what he thinks about America's trade mess.

All of a sudden Congress, or at least the Senate, is on the brink of enacting some sort of legislation intended to retaliate against China for its currency manipulation. For me, to borrow a line from Yogi Berra, it is "déjà vu all over again."