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Steven Capozzola's picture

Members of Congress Stand Up To Subsidized Chinese Steel Pipe

Recently, China has dumped a flood of subsidized OCTG (Oil Country Tubular Goods) steel pipe into the U.S. market. Known as OCTG pipe because it is used for the extraction of oil and gas, this pipe has flooded the U.S. market and, from 2006 to 2008 alone, the volume of these imports increased by 203 percent. more »

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Beyond Obama's China Trip: Facing The Economic Dragon

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 »


Eric Lotke's picture

Obama’s Home And The Report Is Out: China Takes Us To School

President Obama is home from China and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission today releases its 2009 report to Congress. What have we learned? That we need to pay attention because we’re getting schooled. more »

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Robert Borosage's picture

Tripping in China: Barack Obama's Challenge

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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Isaiah J. Poole's picture

Message To Energy Department: U.S. Greenbacks For U.S. Green Jobs

News of the potential use of U.S. more »

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Robert Borosage's picture

Obama and China: Vandalism or Vision?

"Vandalism" screams the cover of The Economist, depicting President Obama leaving an ice pick in the tire of free trade. (No racial overtones there; after all, as the president explained, he was black before he was elected.)

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Isaiah J. Poole's picture

A Firm Stand, Not A Cave-In

George Will again travels the well-worn road of labeling every instance of supporting labor a cave-in while every instance of catering to corporations is enlightened policy-making. This time, a group of well-armed commenters counter him with the facts.

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