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February 21, 2006 – President Bush on Monday made his way to a solar panel factory in Michigan – a state that has been pounded by a loss of manufacturing jobs. Both Democratic and Republican leaders within the state have grown increasingly frustrated with the Bush administration’s failure to combat unfair trade practices by China,
Read moreFebruary 21, 2006 – After the U.S. trade deficit hit a record $725 billion last year, including a $202 billion deficit with China, Congressional leaders and the Bush administration are once again putting China trade issues at the top of their agenda. The Bush administration has talked about filing trade charges against China over auto
Read moreFebruary 17, 2006 – Rather than developing their own sophisticated manufacturing technology, Communist China is looking to buy a Brazilian car engine plant from DaimlerChrysler and BMW in order to advance their car manufacturing capacity. China plans to buy the engine plant, take it apart piece by piece and then transport it back to China
Read morePresident Bush continues to trumpet the nation’s economic successes, with unemployment down and productivity up, crediting his tax cuts and calling on Congress to make them permanent. However the gap between the president’s view and that of many working Americans differs dramatically in a middle-American city where good-paying work is hard to find. Read the
Read moreFebruary 14, 2006 – Looking to put a halt to China’s unfair trade practices, Senators Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have introduced bipartisan legislation that would revoke normal trade relations with China. Senators Dorgan and Graham pointed specifically to China’s currency manipulation, piracy of copyrighted American products and a ballooning trade deficit as
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