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China Accuses US of Dumping Chicken, Auto Parts

Latest targets: chickens and tires

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(Newser) – US-China trade tensions escalated yesterday when Beijing announced it was investigating whether the US dumped auto parts and chicken products onto the Chinese market, the LA Times reports. An expert calls the retaliatory move, which comes days after the White House slapped a 35% import tariff on Chinese tires, "a turning point in US-China relations, likely to represent a trend toward subtle, if not overt, forms of protectionism from both sides."

"American business in China should be prepared for what might be a zealous retaliatory response," cautions the expert. President Obama's new duty on Chinese tires, levied in response to union claims that a flood of cheap Chinese tires had cost thousands of US jobs, pleased organized labor but angered US business interests and infuriated Beijing.

Consumers, right, receive a bag of chicken meat from a vendor Wednesday, June 10, 2009 in Shanghai, China.
Consumers, right, receive a bag of chicken meat from a vendor Wednesday, June 10, 2009 in Shanghai, China.   (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
A man walks past a tire store at a shop in Beijing, China, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009.
A man walks past a tire store at a shop in Beijing, China, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009.   (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A worker plays with a screw nut next to a tire store in Beijing, China, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009.
A worker plays with a screw nut next to a tire store in Beijing, China, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009.   (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Chinese workers seen near tires at a Chinese auto factory for buses in Beijing Friday, Sept. 11, 2009.
Chinese workers seen near tires at a Chinese auto factory for buses in Beijing Friday, Sept. 11, 2009.   (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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American business in China should be prepared for what might be a zealous retaliatory response from China, which might impact a broad range of US commercial interests.
- James Zimmerman, American
attorney in Beijing

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Ucantusethatname
Sep 14, 09 7:03 AM CDT
How about the low-quality junk that China has been dumping here for years. "Made in China" means junk. Reply
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0001tr
Sep 14, 09 7:17 AM CDT
aaaahhh..the smooth diplomacy of non-experience and narcissim...unfortunately, we have been in bed with china and borrowing BIG $$$ from them for way to long...with this type manuevering they will simply tie us to the headbord.... Reply
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Spudsy
Sep 14, 09 4:06 PM CDT
You know it 000. If China get too mad they can dump a bunch of the US Treasury bonds that paid for our cheap crap and wars onto the market and crash our economy. Learn Chinese. Wall Street and the last administration have made them our new masters.
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odowd80
Sep 14, 09 7:35 AM CDT
Glad to hear about this story. The only people that benefit from "free" trade is the rich. Reply
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youngblood
Sep 14, 09 7:43 AM CDT
Too bad we just can't say Hell with China and their cheaply made shit! Reply
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