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The One Thing That Will Help Restore U.S.-China Trade Balance

By Dave Johnson
November 19, 2009

Have you heard of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission? Their job is to assess the national security implications of the trade and economic relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China. Actually, that’s a big deal, especially now. more »

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Beyond Obama's China Trip: Facing The Economic Dragon

Submitted by OurFuture.org Staff
Produced by Institute for America's Future
November 19, 2009

On the heels of President Obama's trip to China, Carolyn Bartholomew, the chair of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, and Clyde Prestowitz, the president of the Economic Strategy Institute, discuss how the United States should respond to the Chinese economic juggernaut. more »

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Obama's Asian Angst

By Scott Paul
November 18, 2009

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. I'm completely underwhelmed with the results of the President's trip to China, especially with so much at stake. more »

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Back To Our Old Ways On Trade?

By Dave Johnson
November 13, 2009

This just in from Reuters: U.S. trade deficit widened in September. more »

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What Chinese Currency Manipulation Looks Like

By Eric Lotke
November 12, 2009

As President Obama packs for China, I thought I’d draw him a picture of how China is manipulating its currency.
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Tripping in China: Barack Obama's Challenge

By Robert Borosage
November 12, 2009

This week, Barack Obama trips to China as part of an eight-day trip to Asia. The White House paints a full agenda: Afghanistan, human rights, North Korean nukes, climate change, trade relations, and the economy. But it's really just the economy, stupid.

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U.S. Stimulus Helping Chinese, Spanish Wind Energy Industries

By Natasha Chart
November 3, 2009

Wind energy is supposed to be able to create thousands of manufacturing jobs, but unfortunately the early wind energy manufacturing jobs financed by U.S. more »

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Where Will the Jobs Come From?

By Robert Borosage
October 21, 2009

They are popping the bubbly on Wall Street. Million-dollar bonuses, the Dow at 10,000, the casino is open again. Forget President Obama, who says we can't go back to an economy where finance pockets 40 percent of the profits. We're already headed there.

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Green Goods Tariffs Could Disappear Between OECD Nations, China

By Natasha Chart
October 13, 2009

A deal being worked out to encourage China's agreement to steep emission cuts at the Copenhagen negotiations by eliminating tariffs on green goods among all the OECD countries and China may end up worsening the market for American made goods, but not inevitably. more »

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U.S. Debt Holders Looking to Abandon Dollar As Reserve Currency

By Michael Kwiatkowski
October 11, 2009

Thanks to 'counterspin' at Open Left for posting this.

A number of countries, many if not most of them holders of U.S. debt, are seeking to create a "basket" of reserve currencies, thus severely weakening the U.S. dollar by taking away its status as the world sole reserve currency. more »

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