Search

The article examines Chinese concern about economic policies within the U.S. With a significant amount of their national funds invested in the U.S. government, Chinese officials are interested to see how legislation and government policies within the nation will bolster U.S. creditworthiness. The author discusses a meeting between U.S. Office of Management and Budget director Peter Orszag and Chinese bureaucrats that focused on the progression of health care reform.

Presents the author's views on what lies ahead for the United States economy and the economies of Indian and China continue to grow. Review of how three million U.S. manufacturing jobs have been lost in the past half-decade; Suggestion that six million more will be gone in the coming ten years; Growth of the U.S. merchandise trade deficit with China; Benefit of inexpensive goods and services for American consumers; Discussion of how American companies are changing their business processes so they can take advantage of cheaper foreign labor.

Focuses on the attempt of the administration of United States president George W. Bush to create a trade policy that will satisfy U.S. workers without appearing protectionist abroad. Threat of a trade war with China and Europe; Imposition of restrictions on Chinese textile imports; Plan to drop illegal tariffs on imported steel; Implications of the U.S. deficit on foreign trade; Deadline for the lifting of steel tariffs; Diplomacy needed to avoid major conflict. INSET: Trade Troubles.

The article discusses how the U.S. can beat China's global influence campaign, as of April 2019. Topics discussed include the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a development strategy adopted by the Chinese government involving infrastructure development and investments in 152 countries and international organizations in Europe, Asia, Middle East, Latin America and Africa; act of the U.S. to create the International Development Finance Corp. (IDFC); and need of the U.S. to better align its commercial and development goals with its foreign policy in the developing world.

Working with a budget of about $70000 a year, a handful of zealous men exert a more determining influence upon the U.S. policy towards The People's Republic of China than all sanity, unorganized, has thus far been able to counteract "If there is a China Lobby, we are it," says Marvin Liebmari, secretary of The Committee of One Million Against the Admission of Communist China to the United Nations. The handful of men who control this lobby base their claim to express what they call the "grass roots sentiments of all America" towards the Communists of China on 1037000 signatures to a petition which for almost six years has lain unriffled in the darkness of a New York warehouse.

The author comments that the U.S. needs to figure out how to maintain economic independence with the Middle East while managing a growing China. He observes that the country's dependence on foreign oil imports is a continuous topic of debate for both U.S. policymakers and national-security experts. He also elaborates on the U.S. military's pacific pivot as well as cites examples of diplomacy and global economics being exercised in support of U.S. national and global power.

This article examines the Chinese economic policy that has allowed the country to maintain its progress in spite of the financial crisis that has affected the rest of the world. China's policy goes against the advice of most economists by allowing the government to manipulate the stock market, fix prices in key industries, and appoint communists to important bank positions. The article suggests that the United States and Europe might benefit by looking at China's successful use of command capitalism.

The author provides an annotation to an editorial offering advice for China on dealing with economic and financial crises, published in the periodical "New York Times" in 2008. He notes that attempting to apply the mass consumer economy of the U.S. to China will result to economic, environmental and political problems. He points out that Chinese consumers are more sensitive to indications of economic crisis than U.S. consumers. He cites that the editorial considers the need for China to increase consumer spending to alleviate the impact of the crisis.

Observes that CNOOC's bid for American company Unocal is only the latest acquisition effort by Chinese energy firms, as oil prices soar. Debate over the ramifications of a Chinese firm outbidding an American company for American assets; Suggestion that the fight for Unocal is about deeper anxieties over China's long-term oil ambitions and how they will impact the future of U.S. companies like Chevron and Exxon Mobil; Views of energy executives; Implications of the surge in oil prices over the past few years; Challenges facing the oil giants, including competition in unexpected places; Attitudes of governments in oil-producing countries; Suggestion that even if CNOOC loses this battle, the competitive pressures facing the Western energy giants will continue.

Looks at the economies of China and the United States and how they effect global foreign policy. View that Americans are increasingly disturbed with China's growing economic clout; Review of arguments made by critics of China's economic growth who say that its success is based in part on an undervalued currency, unfair pricing, violation of worker rights and theft of American jobs; View that these charges have little merit; Potential for a trade war between the U.S. and China; Analysis of the economic relationship between the dollar and the yuan; Necessity for finding common ground in economic and diplomatic disputes.

Comments on reports that the U.S. government is pressuring China to revalue its currency. Claim that China's rapid economic growth is being unfairly cast as a threat to the world's wealthy industrial nations; Claim that America's large trade deficit should be blamed on the U.S. government's heavy borrowing, not on China; Argument that trade with China helps to plug the hole in the American economy; Claim that trade with China helps U.S. consumers by providing inexpensive goods and helping to keep inflation low.

The article reports on the economic relationship between the U.S. and China. The U.S. has long been urging China to revalue the yuan, but the article argues that the change could be bad for the U.S. America has filed a complaint against Chinese export subsidies with the World Trade Organization. The Department of Commerce has put 10-20% tariffs on paper from China and is filing more complaints over pirated media. China could see its economy explode with a revalued yuan.

The author discusses five major risks which threaten the world economy. Three centre on the United States: renewed sharp increases in the current-account deficit leading to a crash of the dollar; a budget profile that is out of control; and an outbreak of trade protectionism. A fourth relates to China, which faces a possible hard landing from its recent overheating. The fifth is that oil prices could rise to $60-70 per barrel even without a major political or terrorist disruption, and much higher with one. Most of these risks reinforce each other. A further oil shock, a dollar collapse and a soaring American budget deficit would all generate much higher inflation and interest rates. A sharp dollar decline would increase the likelihood of further oil price rises. Larger budget deficits will produce larger American trade deficits, and thus more protectionism and dollar vulnerability. Realisation of any one of the five risks could substantially reduce world growth. If two or three, let alone all five, were to occur in combination then they would radically reverse the global outlook. Official projections score the fiscal imbalance at a cumulative $5 trillion over the next decade, but exclude probable increases in overseas military and homeland-security expenditures, extension of the recent tax cuts and new entitlement increases proposed by both presidential candidates. This deficit could also approach $1 trillion per year, yet there is no serious discussion of how to restore fiscal responsibility, let alone an agreed strategy for reining in runaway entitlement programmes (especially Medicare). Even worse contingencies could of course be envisaged: a terrorist attack with far larger economic repercussions than September 11th or a sharp slowdown in American productivity growth, as occurred after the oil shocks of the 1970s, that would further undermine the outlook for both economic expansion and the dollar.

The article discusses instances in international protectionism. The $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 stimulus package mandated the use of U.S.-made steel and iron in projects funded by the package. China has also attached a similar clause into their own $586 billion stimulus package in order to encourage domestic consumption of Chinese-made goods.

In this article the author discusses aspects of China's view of U.S. financial management. He is critical of how China has often tried to emulate the American economic system. According to the article, critics have stated that the U.S. has focused too much on its financial systems while sending manufacturing offshore. He discusses how people in China view their country's management of the economy.

The article discusses the state of the $764 billion 2006 U.S. trade deficit. While oil exports and deficits with China are up, the U.S. has posted smaller deficits with major trading partners, including Canada, Britain, Europe, South and Central America, South Korea, and Hong Kong. The article discusses what factors have contributed to the success and the continuing challenge of the Chinese trade deficit.

The article presents an editorial criticizing the United States President George W. Bush administration for its economic policy. Congress is ready to slap punitive tariffs on China. Capitol Hill seems ready to ditch the Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). So-called antidumping suits brought by industries allegedly injured by imports are proliferating. Treasury Department officials have persuaded themselves that our trade deficit with China is a disaster and is the result of China's currency having been pegged to the dollar at an allegedly low fixed rate since 1995. Trade with China enables our high-technology companies to stay on the cutting edge of innovation by focusing more resources on design and new breakthrough products. Washington's economic idiocy is also on display with CAFTA, which involves the U.S., five Central American nations and the Dominican Republic. Currently some 80% of these countries' goods come into the U.S. duty free, while many U.S. exports to them still face stiff tariffs. CAFTA would generate economic growth for its members.

Presents the author's view of the United States' job market. Reasons why many are blaming China for sluggish job growth, especially in the trade-exposed manufacturing sector; Statistics indicating a trade gap between the U.S. and China; View of the author that the loss of manufacturing jobs in the US have more to with macroeconomic choices than with unfair trade and currency policies on the part of trading partners; View of the author that the United States Congress should takes steps to contain the fiscal deficit and stimulate household saving.

This article discusses the global economic effect of NAFTA in the past ten years since it was enacted. Virtually none of the benefits touted by the treaty's many boosters a decade ago have come into being, while a number of disturbing developments have emerged. A Carnegie Endowment study found that while the accord generated nothing like the number of expected jobs in Mexico, it devastated hundreds of thousands of subsistence farmers there without having much impact on jobs here at home. With America's decision to support China's entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001, China quickly replaced Mexico as the favored destination for multinationals looking for cheap labor. US workers, who would now be forced to bargain for their wages and working conditions against their counterparts in Mexico--who earned a fraction of what they did and lacked health, environmental and legal protections--had provided the electoral base for President Clinton's victory. Bush and Fox were civil at the recent Summit of the Americas in Monterrey, Mexico, about Fox's immigration policy pretenses, with "free trade" issues given less attention. Meanwhile, the expected benefits of NAFTA--that it would improve intra-American relations and reduce Mexican resentment toward the colossus of the North--have been more than offset by the costs of other US actions.

Interviews United States Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers about implications of the World Trade Organization (WTO) deal between China and the United States. Implementation of agreements; Possible devaluation of Chinese currency; Impact of the WTO deal on the US trade deficit with China; World impact of increased US interest rates; Economic recovery in Japan and Europe; US spending and fiscal policy.

The author forecasts the slow down of the U.S. economy in 2019. He cites some indications of a projected economic crisis in 2019 including rising borrowing costs and debt and volatile stockmarkets. He notes the growing global debt in emerging markets and the rising interest rates . He explains why the U.S. economic policy, particularly President Donald Trump's tax cuts, is not helping the country's economy. The U.S. trade war with China is also mentioned.

The article discusses the economic impact if Republican candidate and businessman Donald Trump is elected U.S. president, which centers on the presumption that Trump will enact a very different policy compared to that of incumbent U.S. President Barack Obama. Topics discussed include plans unveiled by Trump on how to solve the U.S. budget deficits and the impact of Trump's ascend to the presidency on the export business of China.

The article discusses a panel discussion on the possibility that China will replace the U.S. as the leading innovator in the world which was organized by the Woodrow Wilson Center in 2014. Topics discussed include threat from shortage in skilled-labor workers, low output from the U.S. Congress on national economic plan, a decline in the quality of public education, and the political problems from the Arab Spring. Several participants at the event include John Engler, Jan Rivkin and Paul Vallas.

The article discusses the use of tariffs by the U.S. to protect U.S. industry and derive income from imported goods. A timeline of U.S. tariff history is presented that highlights policy decisions and the people behind them including U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton. Trade and tariff negotiations between U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao are noted.

The article discusses the economies of China and the U.S. According to the article, the economic relationship in which the U.S. buys China's exports and China buys U.S. Treasury securities is in peril. How this relationship influences China's opinion that it is a partner with the U.S. is explored. U.S. President Barack Obama's creation of a forum called the Strategic and Economic Dialogue that brings together both countries' policymakers to discuss the problems confronting them is discussed.

The article discusses the economic relationship between the U.S. and China and examines the economic conditions of both countries. The economic policies of both countries are described and the state of each country's currency is explored. The roles of China and the U.S. in the global economy are also detailed.

In this article the author reflects on the global economic conditions. He notes the month-to-month decline in the U.S. stock prices suggests that the country is still not free from the risks of global economic crisis. He suggests that farmers should watch over the economic conditions of China and the U.S. dollar to determine and measure the demand. He also mentions energy price as an important factor that has an effect in almost all commodity prices.

Delves into other important developments in the trade relations between the U.S. and China. Statement of Alan Greenspan, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, regarding the Chinese currency; Identification of trade deficits in the U.S. as the reason for the devaluation of the dollar; Factors contributing to the loss of manufacturing jobs in the U.S.

US president Donald Trump took things up a notch with more tariffs on Chinese imports imposed on Monday, forcing China to retaliate. Meanwhile, his chief economic advisor said trade talks were still possible and BlackRock's CEO said the US economy may actually benefit from trade war in the short term. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the uncertainty faced by North Carolina tobacco growers in 2014, when the tobacco program buyout funds have reached maturity and the industry is gauging the impact of weed seed found in U.S. flue-cured on market prospects. Topics discussed include possible impact of the discovered Palmer amaranth among U.S. tobacco shipments in China in 2013 and future tobacco policy of the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama.

The article discusses protectionism and comparative advantage, with the Merriam-Webster definition of a protectionist being someone who pushes for government economic protection for domestic producers through restrictions on foreign competitors. The author mentions the September 17, 2009 issue of "The Economist," wherein an article about the U.S. government's decision to impose punitive tariffs on Chinese-made pneumatic tires, saying the policy was protectionist. A discussion on the comparative advantage Chinese industries have over the U.S. is given.

The article discusses trade implications to the United States agreements signed with Latin American countries may have. Americans feel an atmosphere of pressure stemming from a loss of jobs resulting from free trade with manufacturing costs in China 10 percent of that in America. The author feels that before opening America up to more free trade agreements, it should strengthen the domestic safety net like health insurance for those who will lose jobs.

Comments on how the rise of Asia is an economic challenge for the U.S. Question of what happens when a nation loses its competitive edge; Prosperity of Antwerp, which is no longer the dominant economic power that it was in the 16th century; Attitudes of Americans; Issue of ceding economic preeminence to China and India; Observation that there are many places that are not financial centers, but have made themselves prosperous and economically significant; Issue of economic competitiveness.

Presents the author's views on the growing trade frictions between the United States and China. View that the U.S. has no consensus on what philosophy ought to govern economic relations with China; Discussion of how one view aims to contain Chinese economic growth, believing that it threatens jobs worldwide; Overview of the opposing viewpoint, which argues for unfettered engagement; Suggestion that the more of a stake China has in global commerce, the more its government must play by the rules.

Examines the reaction of the world money market to an indication by the Bank of Korea that it might begin to diversity its foreign reserves away from the American dollar into other currencies. Drop of the dollar by 2 percent in the one day wiping out most of the gains made against the euro this year; Morgan Stanley currency analyst Stephen Jen who thinks the reaction is overblown; Japan and China which hold 60 percent of global foreign reserves and would not pull out and damage the value of their holdings; Panic which was a reminder that the markets are paying attention to U.S. economic policies.

Delves into the U.S. - China trade relations. Actions made in China to gain economic advantages over the U.S.; Number of outlets of Starbucks and McDonald's now operating in China; Proliferation of American culture in China.