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ICYMI: DetNews - Rep. Schauer urges U.S. 'play tough' on China trade
Posted by Zack Pohl on June 17, 2010

In case you missed it, you can watch a video clip of Congressman Schauer’s testimony on fair trade with China from yesterday’s Ways and Means Committee meeting:




Also, here is an excerpt from today's Detroit News story:
Waving a U.S. census cap made in China, Rep. Mark Schauer, D-Battle Creek, today urged Congress to take a "strong stand" against China for closing off its government procurement to U.S. companies while the U.S. government buys Chinese-made products.

"When will we play tough? When will we get it? At the very least -- the very least -- we need to show China that we are willing to be strong until they open their procurement markets to us," Schauer told the House Ways and Means Committee.

Schauer proposes restricting the amount the U.S. government can buy of Chinese goods to how much in U.S. products the Chinese government buys.

Schauer outlined his legislation at a hearing examining China's trade and industrial policies.

Other options offered included retaliatory penalties on Chinese goods or working through global institutions such as the World Trade Organization to press China for change.

The hearing coincided with mounting pressure in Congress for the Obama administration to push China harder to adjust currency and trade policies to enable U.S. companies to sell more products in the growing Chinese domestic market.
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  • Jim Osborn commented on 6/28/2010
    I agree with Mark Schauer on this topic completely.
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