China Is Talk of Campaigns
Tuesday, July 20, 2004 NEIL KING JR. and MICHAEL SCHROEDER - - Wall Street Journal
| With the election just around the bend, the Bush administration has become notably warm toward China on the trade front. Not so John Kerry.
When the White House in April dismissed a labor petition seeking stiff tariffs on Chinese imports, the Democratic candidate shot back that if elected president, he wouldn't "sit idly by when China and any other country pursues policies that hurt our economy." The Massachusetts senator accuses China of "predatory currency manipulation" and says he will fight aggressively against Beijing's "unfair trade practices that violate international obligations."
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Senate Gives Its Final Approval To Australia Free-Trade Pact
Friday, July 16, 2004 NEIL KING JR. - - Wall Street Journal
| The Bush administration won a rare election-year trade victory as the Senate gave final congressional approval to a free-trade pact with Australia, the first such deal with a developed country since 1989.
The agreement, which is expected to give a boost to sales of U.S. manufactured goods to Australia, passed on a 80-16 vote, one of the largest margins of support for a trade bill in years.
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