Archive for the 'North America' Category
Economist: US stimulus plan may create trade barriers
Special Report: Global Financial Crisis The “buy American” products only clause in the $787-billion US economic stimulus package will create a number of trade barriers and hurt exports powerhouses such as ... Read More
Hillary highlights Asia, China in speech
In her first major policy speech as US secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday attached great importance to developing stronger relations and having closer cooperation with Asian countries, in particular ... Read More
“Buy American” call can’t create many jobs
The U.S. trade deficit dropped markedly in November as imports from the rest of the world plunged in reaction to the global recession. U.S. imports from China and Japan declined at double-digit rates, and in response to ... Read More
Sino-US trade up 10.5% in 2008, slowest since 2001
China-US bilateral trade expanded 10.5 percent last year to $333.74 billion, the smallest increase since China joined the World Trade Organization seven years ago, official data showed Friday. The General Administration of ... Read More
Sino-US trade war will worsen global crisis
There are rising worries among the international community that China and the United States are going to a trade war at a time when the world desperately needs concerted efforts to tackle the escalating global financial ... Read More
China dismisses US currency accusation
China’s central bank Saturday dismissed as “untrue and misleading” a recent allegation by US Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner that US President Obama believes China is manipulating its ... Read More
Commenting on U.S.’”smart power”
With President Barack Obama entering the White House, the curtain of the “great reform drama” in U.S. foreign policy has raised. Then, Hillary Rodham Clinton, the new secretary of state, has undoubtedly come to ... Read More
Will Obama’s China policy be a step forward?
China is not at the peak of US President Barack Obama’s game now. When the time comes, will he deliver “change”, as he promised, to the United States’ policy toward China? In the remarks to the US ... Read More
US in ‘no position’ to query China’s military spending
The United States should put its own house in order before pointing the finger at other nations, a Chinese analyst said on Friday in response to remarks on the modernization of Beijing’s military by Barack ... Read More
Is trade war between US and China looming? (2)
Interview with Cato Expert Daniel J.Ikenson, by Yong Tang, People’s Daily Washington-based correspondent The United States has formally lodged its WTO complaint against copyright piracy in China. According to ... Read More
Is trade war between US and China looming?(1)
Interview with Morgan Stanley Chief Economist Stephen S. Roach, by Yong Tang, People’s Daily Washington-based correspondent. The United States has formally lodged its WTO complaint against copyright piracy in China. ... Read More
Sino-US trade falls in second half of 2008
Sino-US trade has seen drastic fall since the second half of last year because of the global financial crisis, the president and CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce said Tuesday. And it will keep sliding in the first half of ... Read More
Bush leaves positive legacy for Sino-US ties
Since US President George W. Bush ends his tenure in the Oval Office in a few days, it is necessary to review of the diplomatic legacy he leaves behind for Sino-US relations. Shortly after the Republican Bush was sworn in, ... Read More