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    Trading Barbs over Foreign Trade

    It's a pretty reliable applause line on the campaign trail: As President I will stand up to China. The US actually has brought an unfair trade case against China before the World Trade Organization, but a bill that would get tough on Chinese currency manipulation languishes in Congress with neither candidate's prodding his party to push it along.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Mike Pesca • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    It's a pretty reliable applause line on the campaign trail: As President I will stand up to China. The US actually has brought an unfair trade case against China before the World Trade Organization, but a bill that would get tough on Chinese currency manipulation languishes in Congress with neither candidate's prodding his party to push it along. Can one country really bully around a trade partner that it owes $1.2 trillion? How unfair is the game that China's playing? We discuss the economics of trade, the reality of the Chinese economy and the realistic options for any American president.

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      Mike Pesca

      host of The Gist

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      KCRW

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      Joshua Meltzer

      Brookings Institution

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      Steven Dennis

      Bloomberg

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      Greg Anderson

      business consultant and author

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    2 of 3
    Can a US President Say Boo to China?
    1. 0:00Protests Break Out in Pakistan over Anti-Muslim Film
    2. 7:35Trading Barbs over Foreign TradeYou’re reading this
    3. 42:40The iPhone 5 Loses Google Maps
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