China trade barriers a serious concern: U.S. aides

(Reuters) - Top U.S. officials told Congress Wednesday they had serious concerns about Chinese trade policies that keep out American companies and would take strong action if necessary to pry open the market.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65M4KJ20100623?type=politicsNews

US asks India to address ‘longstanding impediments’ to trade

WASHINGTON: The United States has asked India to address what it called “longstanding impediments” like investment caps, agricultural market access barriers and high tariffs as they work on accelerating their bilateral economic relationship.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Biz/International-Business/US-asks-India-to-address-longstanding-impediments-to-trade/articleshow/6081082.cms

Top US aides say serious concerns with China trade

Top U.S. officials told Congress on Wednesday they had serious concerns about Chinese trade policies that disadvantage American firms and would take strong action if necessary to defend U.S. rights.

In testimony prepared for the Senate Finance Committee, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke also said President Barack Obama’s administration would keep a close eye on recent steps by China to reform its currency.

http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=60400

U.S. to keep eye on China trade

Trade Rep. Ron Kirk and Commerce Sec’y Gary Locke said the U.S. would watch Beijing’s efforts to let its currency rise and take steps to open China’s market if needed. Locke said Commerce may penalize China in a dispute over paper and aluminum products. The U.S. and others accuse China of keeping the yuan weak to give its exporters an unfair trade advantage.

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/538309/201006240017/US-to-keep-eye-on-China-trade.aspx

Trade war? Bill would ban government from buying Chinese

WASHINGTON — The US government would be barred from buying any Chinese goods or services under legislation unveiled Friday by US senators angry at Beijing’s policy of buying only from domestic sources.

http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0618/trade-war-bill-ban-government-buying-chinese/

China’s Double Standard Protectionism

Trade relations between the United States and the People’s Republic of China have been strained for many years. However, in recent months the contentious relations have bordered on becoming outright conflicts. This is not to say that the U.S. and China will take up arms at any point in the near future, but they are certainly lobbing “economic grenades” so to speak.

http://economyincrisis.org/content/chinas-double-standard-protectionism

Trade Tensions With China Shadow G-20 Meeting

Anger toward the Chinese currency, trade and industrial policies and a steady increase in Congress, and increased the pressure on President Obama to take a tough stance with the Chinese counterparts at the meeting of the Group of 20 leaders next week in Toronto.
On Wednesday, the Committee heard in the House of Representatives and the ways and means of business leaders concerned about the initiative, under which Chinese government agencies and the purchase of high-tech products – including telecommunications, software and equipment, energy-saving – only companies that use advanced technologies in China.

http://www.anewshome.com/trade-tensions-with-china-shadow-g-20-meeting/

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/business/global/17currency.html

WASHINGTON — Anger toward China’s currency, trade and industrial policies has been steadily mounting in Congress, adding pressure on President Obama to take a tough stance with his Chinese counterparts at the Group of 20 leaders’ meeting next week in Toronto.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/business/global/17currency.html

Google helps build trade case over censorship

Google Inc is working with U.S. and European officials to build a case that would argue Internet censorship acts as a trade barrier, a top company executive said Friday.

Google shut down its mainland Chinese-language portal earlier this year over censorship concerns and a cyber attack it said it traced to China.

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Google+helps+build+trade+case+over+censorship/3160594/story.html

Farm and Food: Their lips are moving in trade talks

The surest way to confirm if anyone in Washington, D.C. is telling you the truth about trade is to watch their lips: if they move, they’re stretching the blanket one way or the other.

http://journalstar.com/business/local/article_e667ded8-7571-11df-878d-001cc4c03286.html

Asia ready to redefine trade relations in talks

A pointed remark by a Singaporean official set the tone for a meeting of Asian financiers who gathered at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco last week.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/13/BUOI1DT8PH.DTL&type=business

U.S. under pressure in Asia-Pacific trade talks

(Reuters) - Trade negotiators from the United States, Vietnam and six other Asia Pacific nations meet in San Francisco this week for work on a free-trade agreement that U.S. trade officials say could transform the region.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65C0DT20100613?type=politicsNews