Worldwide pants: trade flap between US and China
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Beijing this weekend urged Washington, DC, not to limit imports of Chinese cotton slacks. The Ministry of Commerce said such a restriction would violate World Trade Organization principles and hurt trade relations.
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America's trade deficit swelled to an all-time high of &#36;55.5 billion in October as imports &#151; including those from China &#151; surged to the loftiest levels on record. Skyrocketing crude-oil prices also contributed to the yawning trade gap.
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BEIJING -- The United States and China are launching a new high-level economic dialogue meant to repair relations soured by trade tensions, U S Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and a Chinese leader said yesterday.
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BIG-NAME retailers in the US want to stop the Bush administration from curbing the import of popular Chinese-made apparel and textiles.
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WASHINGTON, DEC 13: The United States said on Monday it would continue to restrict imports of some textile and clothing products after a decades-old quota system expires in a few weeks, while China, under pressure from Washington, said it would slap a tax
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The US takes legal action against China over subsidies which it says breach World Trade Organization rules.
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PARIS, Jul 23 (IPS) - While China's growing trade and investment  flows to Africa have sparked a sometimes contentious debate with  the United States and Europe over who has the continent's  best interests at heart, a closer look at the dynamic developing  reveals a political landscape where the rhetoric is rarely in  line with the reality, observers say.
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A U.S. company's apology to China sparks criticism in both places.
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BEIJING  - China has urged the US government not to limit imports of Chinese cotton trousers, warning such moves would violate WTO principles of free textile trade and hurt trade relations.
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Concern over Chinaâs use of surveillance technology prompts new rules for U.S. exports.
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TALKS on a free trade agreement with China will begin in March, opening a porthole to the world&#39;s biggest market. An Asia-Pacific regional trade agreement, potentially worth more than $190 billion, also looks more likely than ever before.
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One of the great threats to the American and global economies is trade protectionism. The 2006 election that gave Democrats majorities in the House and Senate tipped toward candidates who ran on protectionism. Think of Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Jon Tester,...
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China should no longer focus on the size of trade growth on its way to becoming a strong trading power. The international balance of payments, rather than blind pursuit of a trade surplus, should become the primary goal.
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Trade Representative Susan Schwab on Tuesday warned of a growing threat to U.S.-China trade relations because of protectionist impulses in both countries.
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National interests make strange bedfellows. There could be no better example than the warming relationship between the United States and China, two old antagonists.
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The United States and Mexico have argued that Chinaâs tax refunds, reductions and exemptions discriminate against imported products or subsidize Chinese exports.
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VIENTIANE, Laos -- China moved yesterday to expand its influence in a region long dominated by the United States, signing an accord with Southeast Asian nations aimed at creating the world's largest free trade area by 2010 -- a sprawling market of nearly 2 billion people.