Obama, China, and Wishful Thinking About American Jobs
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 11 days ago — President Obama says he wants to "rebalance" the economic relationship between China and the U.S. as part of his plan to restart the American jobs machine. "We cannot go back," he said in September, "to an era where the Chinese . . . just are selling ...

President Obama in China
nytimes.com 13 days ago — Economy, Security and, Yes, Human Rights Ever since Richard Nixon opened the door in 1972, all presidents have faced a balancing act with China. For President Obama, who arrived in China on Sunday, the challenge is even tougher and more urgent. He ...

Should China Allow its Currency to Appreciate? Becker
becker-posner-blog.com 5 days ago — By all accounts, President Obama's visit to China last week was pretty much a failure on all the major issues, which include China's contributions to climate change, nuclear weapons, and various aspects of the world economy. I will concentrate my ...

Wal-Mart in China
politicolnews.com 10 days ago — November 19, 2009 2:00p.m. Walmart Buys Chickens from China -do you Really want to Eat it? Chinese Chicken Tenders Sold at Walmart were traced back to China. Walmart buys 99 percent of its products from China and has become China’s distribution system into the American market. Wal-mart ...

Obama in China highlights total failure of conservative vision-if you know how to see
openleft.com 6 days ago — Bush's tax cuts & "free market/free trade" policies were supposed to turbo-charge America's economy, while the neo-conservative foreign policy laid out by the Project for a New American Century in "Rebuilding America's Defenses" (pdf) was supposed ...

Obama Goes There: Talking Human Rights In China
politics.theatlantic.com 13 days ago — President Obama held a town-hall forum with Chinese students at the Museum of Science and Technology in Shanghai, and, during lengthy opening remarks, he touched on a topic that has given consternation to American diplomats in China before: human ...

Delicate China -- By: An NRO Symposium
article.nationalreview.com 11 days ago — A s the president winds down his China trip, National Review Online asked experts on China and foreign policy: What should we do with and how should we regard China? PETER BROOKES No country or issue will shape the course of the 21st century -- for ...

The New Arms Race
huffingtonpost.com 9 days ago — Hobbled by opposition from the carbon incumbents and their short-sighted allies on Capitol Hill the Obama administration acknowledged this week that it would not return from Copenhagen with any groundbreaking commitment to control green house gases. ...

Does Citigroup Need China?
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/20/2009 — Most of the economists and pundits who could not see an $8 trillion housing bubble are telling us that the United States desperately needs for the Chinese government to keep buying its debt. This crew of failed analysts argues that without the ...

U.S., China Explore Deeper Ties as Partners, Contenders
pbs.org 12 days ago — JIM LEHRER: That follows take two on China, a big-picture -- big-picture look at its relationship with the United States. That comes from James Fallows of Atlantic magazine, who recently returned from living in China, Minxin Pei, a professor of ...

Senator: No fed money for US-China wind project (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 24 days ago
AP - A Democratic senator is calling on the Obama administration to reject an expected request for federal economic stimulus money as part of a $1.5 billion West Texas wind energy project because he says it will generate Chinese, not American, jobs.

U.S. sets more duties on China pipe in record case — Reuters: Politics 24 days ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday slapped preliminary anti-dumping duties ranging up to 99 percent on Chinese-made oil well pipe in the biggest U.S. trade action against China.

U.S. sets more duties on China pipe in record case — Reuters: Politics 24 days ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States Thursday slapped preliminary anti-dumping duties ranging up to 99 percent on Chinese-made oil well pipe in the biggest U.S. trade action against China.

China calls for market economy status after U.S. duties (Reuters) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 24 days ago
Reuters - China's Ministry of Commerce said it would protect its industry's interests and accused Washington of double-standards in denouncing new U.S. anti-dumping duties imposed shortly before a visit by President Barack Obama.

China urges military cooperation ahead of Obama visit — Reuters: Politics 23 days ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - China urged more contact with the U.S. military on Friday while President Hu Jintao said his nation's plans for space were peaceful, striking a conciliatory tone ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit.