A Trade Tightrope With China
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/03/AR2005050301275.html
http://forums.delphiforums.com/atheistrefuge/messages?msg=1791.6238
By Robert J. Samuelson
Wednesday, May 4, 2005; Page A19
It's a sign of the times that well-known economist Fred Bergsten, an
avowed free-trader, thinks the United States should threaten to impose
a 50 percent surcharge on imports from China. He's not alone. In April
the Senate voted 67 to 33 for a proposal from Democrat Charles Schumer
of New York and Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina to adopt a
27.5 percent surcharge. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review
Commission, created by Congress in 2000, also urges a surcharge. The
point of these proposals is not actually to impose the duties. It is to
persuade -- intimidate , really -- China to raise the value of its
currency, the yuan, by 25 percent or more.
Politicizing Public Broadcasting
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/04/opinion/04wed2.html
http://forums.delphiforums.com/atheistrefuge/messages?msg=1786.8216
The last thing Americans need is public broadcasting where the politics
of the moment limits the news of the day.
The Road to Riches
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/5ba95f4634dec9cd
and thread
The Road to Riches
http://tinyurl.com/55nzo
China / Meiguo
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/772524fe8bf033d4
Is the wakening giant a monster?
http://tinyurl.com/iws6
A Blueprint for the Future
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/59c28cd6dfe6f60f
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