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China's Trade Minister: We Aren't Manipulating Our Currency

AP | Posted 11.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Yuan, Trade Deficit, Dollar, Weak Dollar, Currency, U.S. China Trade, China Currency, China Economy, China, Business News

GENEVA — China rejected Monday the charge that it was keeping the yuan artificially low against the dollar, but rather blamed another "major economy...

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Obama's Asian Angst

Scott Paul | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. China Trade, U.S. Manufacturing, Alliance for American Manufacturing, Fair Trade, President Obama, Politics News
Scott Paul

I like that President Obama accords his Asian peers with respect, bowing if tradition calls for it, even though it raises the hackles of some wingnuts. But bowing to the wishes of China is another matter altogether.

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Global Crisis Makes US More Dependent On China Than Ever

Der Spiegel | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: The United States, US China Relations, United States, US China Trade, China, US China, World News

When US President Barack Obama visits China this weekend, he will encounter a rival that sees the financial crisis as more of an opportunity than a th...

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After the Tire Decision

Scott Paul | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. China Trade, Manufacturing, China Tire Tariff Wto, Business News
Scott Paul

Prices for tires could rise by $3 per tire, while the economic benefits to the nation--in the form of jobs and wages saved, taxes paid, and corporate profits--will more than double that.

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Building A New Economy: What Obama's Next Big Speech Should Be

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Global Economic Strategy, G-20, Trade, Obama Industrial Policy, Global Economy, Obama Economy, Obama Trade, U.S. China Trade, China, Politics News
Robert L. Borosage

Just as in his health care speech tonight, Obama must soon address the fundamental threat to our security that can no longer be ignored.

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President Hu, Tear Down This Firewall

Gilbert B. Kaplan | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

Read More: Manufacturing, Trade, G-20, China, Internet Censorship, President Obama, Mr. Gorbachev, US China Relations, Ronald Reagan Berlin Wall, Brandenburg Gate, Ronald Reagan, US China Trade, Mr. Gorbachev Tear Down This Wall, Wto, World News
Gilbert B. Kaplan

When Obama meets with President Hu next month, he should emulate one of his predecessors -- in fact one he has spoken of admiringly before -- and say something that could change history.

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The Debtor's Dance: the U.S.-China Exchange

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Global Economic Strategy, US China Relations, Trade Policy, U.S. China Trade, Barack Obama China, Obama China, China Foreign Policy, China, Politics News
Robert L. Borosage

The U.S., the world's largest debtor, met this week with the confident leaders of its largest creditor, the communist government of China. President Obama, exercising his remarkable gift for presenting a sea change as a gentle current, laid out the fundamental challenge almost in passing: The U.S. cannot go back to the old economy where we borrowed $2 billion a day, largely from the Chinese, to be the consumer of the world by living far beyond our means. We must consume less, produce more, sell more abroad and balance our trade.

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U.S. And China Pledge 'Balanced Growth' After Meeting

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 08.28.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. China Trade, Vice-Premier-Wang-Qishan, Lawrence Summers, Tim Geithner, National Deficit, Business News

WASHINGTON — The United States and China on Tuesday pledged closer cooperation to deal with global hot spots such as Iran and the worst financia...

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

Nathan Gardels | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

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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Recession Heightening US-China Tensions Despite Paulson's "Economic Dialogue"

Bloomberg | Posted 01.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Global Recession, US China Relations, Recession China, US China Trade, China, Paulson China, Financial Crisis, Business News

The global recession is re-exposing fissures in U.S.-China relations that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson spent more than two years smoothing over. ...

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Fixing China's Health Problems

Jaeah J. Lee | Posted 01.13.2009 | World

Read More: China Pollution, Melamine, China Healthcare, Health, U.S. China Trade, Health Care, China, Sars, World News
Jaeah J. Lee

In one health crisis after another, Beijing has simply fired officials, issued new quality standards, and promised to get it right next time. Meanwhile, the scandals have only continued.

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

New York Times | Edward Wong | Posted 06.25.2008 | Business

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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