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A Bi-partisan panel is urging Congress to take stronger action to bring China in line with their trade obligations. In their annual report to Congress, the U.S.- China Economic and Security Review Commission made 44 recommendations regarding China. The commission – consisting of 6 Democrats and 6 Republicans – was established by Congress to analyze
Read moreAs Democrats prepare to take control of Congress, incoming leaders are planning to insert labor and environmental protections into pending trade treaties and to demand that the Bush administration adopt similar measures in future pacts it negotiates, congressional aides and government officials said yesterday. The Democrats plan to insert restrictive provisions into two pending trade
Read moreReport from MSNBC reveals how an agency provides a Chinese factory that supplies Wal-Mart and other U.S. stores with the support needed to conceal minimum wage and overtime violations. Read the article here.
Read moreChinese automaker Chery will set up a joint venture with the U.S.-based Fortune 500 company Johnson Controls to produce automotive interiors in China. The deal will also include a technology swap, a growing concern across the entire US manufacturing spectrum. Chery will acquire technical know-how from the American company in order to improve its auto
Read moreSome members of the U.S. military are finding the transition back to the civilian workforce difficult after a combat deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan. Even though certain laws protect jobs held by National Guardsmen and reservists while serving on active duty, the number of unemployed veterans is growing — and many are unable to find
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