Obama's China Challenge

China-Challenge-logo-150.pngHow should we reshape our relationship with China in ways that create good-paying jobs here at home and global prosperity based on fair trade? Robert Borosage and our blog team weigh in, and we add the perspectives of leading progressive writers. Join the conversation by adding to the comment threads in each post.


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Rogue Nation: How Does the U.S. Deal With China?

By Robert Borosage
February 10, 2010

China has surpassed Germany as the world's largest exporter. It is the largest holder of American Treasury bonds, nearly $800 billion. America runs its largest trade deficit by far with China. The low-price flood of goods—the Wal-Mart trade—is pervasive. Now the U.S. even runs a growing deficit in advanced technology products.

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China: Smart Intern, Stupid Question

By Eric Lotke
November 23, 2009

A really smart student intern I’ve had the privilege of working with (Jonathan Flack, GWU 2010) asked a really stupid question. “Why,” he asked, “Do we give China everything it wants? Why don’t we challenge them?” 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 Home And The Report Is Out: China Takes Us To School

By Eric Lotke
November 19, 2009

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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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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Changing The U.S.-Asia Trade Relationship

By Natasha Chart
November 14, 2009

President Obama said Saturday in Tokyo, Friday in the US, that "One of the important lessons this recession has taught us is the limits of depending primarily on American consumers and Asian exports to drive growth." more »

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Chinese Currency Deflation In Perspective

By Natasha Chart
November 14, 2009

China's artificial currency peg has come to be a problem for many world economies, including neighboring countries in Asia, many of whom now trade more with China than with the US. 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 show 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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