FedEx, New York Life Press Bush on Trade as China&#39;s Power Grows
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US companies such as FedEx Corp. and New York Life Insurance Co. are pleading with President George W. Bush to start discussions on a Pacific Rim free-trade bloc as he heads to this weekend&#39;s regional economic summit.
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U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday China could help reduce trade imbalances by floating its currency, and a White House aide said Bush may discuss the thorny issue in a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao.
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Chinaâs landmark trade agreement with Southeast Asian leaders is the latest example of how the communist giant is claiming a growing role in a region long dominated by the United States.
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President Bush, pressing his free-trade agenda on a Congress now run by Democrats, said Tuesday more foreign markets need to be opened to U.S. products.
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SYDNEY, Sept. 7 -- President Bush on Friday called on Pacific Rim leaders to support efforts to expand free trade, saying that open markets are a crucial element in strengthening the "forces of freedom and prosperity."
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WASHINGTON Oct. 1, 2004 - The Bush administration, struggling to show progress in attacking this country&#39;s soaring trade deficits, won a commitment Friday from China that it would move &quot;firmly and steadily&quot; to a flexible, market-based currency.
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U.S. President George W. Bush hopes  to spur momentum for a world trade pact and a global target on  climate change at this week&#39;s Asia-Pacific summit but the Iraq  debate at home looms as a distraction.
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The United States and China want to  expand trade regulations to protect Asian yew trees, a plant  that provides the compound for one of the world's top-selling  chemotherapy drugs but is threatened by poaching.
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President Bush discussed with China   ways of putting "greater pressure" on North Korea after the   reclusive Stalinist state acknowledged for the first time on   Thursday it had launched several missiles.
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China sought to assure its trade partners on Thursday that its food products were safe, after the United States called Chinese food exports a "top concern" and pressed Chinese officials to strengthen oversight.
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VIENTIANE, LAOS -- Rising power China moved yesterday to expand its influence in a region long dominated by the United States, signing an accord with Southeast Asian countries aimed at creating the world&#39;s largest free trade area by 2010 -- a sprawling
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Beijing (AsiaNews/ Agencies) - China did not endorse stinging criticism of US President George W. Bush&#39;s foreign policy published by a state newspaper, but called for a more multilateral approach to fighting terrorism and other global ills.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao on Monday had a telephone conversation with US leader George W. Bush who reiterated Washington would not change its stance on Taiwan, state media said.
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VIENTIANE, Laos -- China moved Monday 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.
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President George W. Bush, who is to announce more U.S. sanctions against Myanmar on Friday, will call on China and India to take more action to pressure that Asian country, the White House said.
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China takes the spotlight at the Asia-Pacific leaders forum on Thursday when President Hu Jintao meets U.S. President George W. Bush and Australia's prime minister to discuss security, product safety and climate change.
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Both the United States and China are bringing huge delegations for their second round of high-level discussions aimed at lessening economic tensions