China & Hillary
March 7, 2008 1 min. read

According to NPR, a survey of almost 5,000 Chinese shows that support for candidates is divided as follows: Clinton – 60% Obama – 24% McCain – 7% The clip explains that Hillary is favored simply because she is the most known.  Let us not forget her address at the 1995 UN World Conference on Women in Beijing. Listen here […]

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Boosting Cuba
March 6, 2008 2 min. read

(Adalberto Roque / Agence-France Presse) The timing of it all! With Castro out and the prospect of a waning trade embargo in a new American administration, Beijing stands a little taller this spring. It is openly noted that Raul Castro is ready to replicate China in planning for Cuban economic reform, an extension of Fidel's fascination […]

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X-Post // From Sao Paolo to Shanghai: Inequality and Growth, Past and Present, by R. Basas
March 6, 2008 1 min. read

For US-China Trade's first-ever cross post, I am excited to vehicle this article by Rich Basas (blogger for FPA's Latin America blog, and co-blogger for the Migration blog). He compares patterns of economy between Brazil and China and parallels their struggle with growth and unequal dispersion of wealth.

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The Rebalancing Act, v.2
February 26, 2008 2 min. read

FPA sent me a link to an article opposing the theory that the trade imbalance between China and other major players can be resolved by a stronger Yuan. David D. Hale and Lyric Hughes Hale frame the problem as one larger than the imbalance between China's exports and the weakening US economy: "The greater and far […]

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The Rebalancing Act
February 24, 2008 3 min. read

The Yuan is still up while the USD continues to lower in value.  What does this mean for China? According to this article, huge losses (Billions) for the People's Bank of China. China's surplus situation is forcing the country to sell its RMB to buy dollar assets, and then turn around to buy back its […]

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Going for Gold
February 7, 2008 2 min. read

We've all read that Beijing is bringing its A-game for the upcoming Olympic games. As a major milestone and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to show face as a key international player, the country is busying itself with strategic preparations to deliver an effective and meaningful sale this summer.The number 8, when pronounced in Mandarin (ba), rhymes with […]

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Engaged!
February 6, 2008 3 min. read

[Christoper Padilla by Al Diaz for the Miami Herald] In 2000, under the direction of the Clinton Administration, the US found itself at a critical juncture for decision: further integrate China into the global economy, or throw away decades spent building a trusting relationship? Now, with the deepening bilateral trade deficit, the US finds itself […]

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SED, Round III: Beijing
January 24, 2008 2 min. read

  January 17 and 18, China and the US held the third round of the Strategic Economic Dialogue in Beijing.   The SED is a cabinet-level series of summits began by President Hu Jin Tao and President George W. Bush in August, 2006 to address and smooth over Sino-American disputes such as those surrounding product safety and […]

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Overview: US – China Trade Issues
January 16, 2008 2 min. read

The FPA's Great Decisions 2008 program's television series broadcasted on PBS offers a show featuring US-China Trade, and summarily introduces a number of issues affecting the global economy and Sino-American relations: Agricultural trade. How do China's geographic, agricultural, and environmental characteristics uniquely position the US to enjoy a mutually beneficial trade relationship with China? Manufactured goods. How […]

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US and China: Environmentally-Friendly?
December 18, 2007 2 min. read

China's Three Gorges on the Yangtze River With measured holiday celebrations by Americans this year, the US finds itself in a thick and thorny growing trade deficit with China. Recent reports by the US Commerce Department that overall trade deficits have declined in the past two consecutive quarters may do little to assuage Congress members, […]

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