China-United States Trade : Inextricably Intertwined?

by Celone, Barton V.; Becker, Geoffrey S. (CON); Buck, Eugene H. (CON); Labonte, Marc (CON); Martin, Michael F. (CON)

• ISBN13: 9781604561982
• ISBN10: 160456198X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc

Summary

U.S.-China economic ties have expanded substantially over the past several years. Total U.S.-China trade, which totaled only $5 billion in 1980, rose to $343 billion in 2006. China is also now the 2nd largest U.S. trading partner, its 2nd largest source of U.S. imports, and its 4th largest export market. With a huge population and a rapidly expanding economy, China is a potentially huge market for U.S. exporters. However, economic relations have become strained over a number of issues, including China's large and growing trade surpluses with the United States; its failure to fully implement its World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments, especially in regards to intellectual property rights (IPR); its refusal to adopt a floating currency system; and its maintenance of industrial policies and other practices deemed unfair and/or harmful to various U.S. economic sectors. China is a major supplier of consumer products (such as toys), and an increasingly important supplier of various food products. Reports of unsafe seafood, pet food, toys, tires, and other products imported from China over the past year have raised concern in the United States over the health, safety, and quality of imported Chinese products. This book presents important analyses which deal in part with whether the US economy would seriously falter with a substantial decrease in trade activity with China.

Table of Contents

China's currency: Economic issues and options for U.S. trade policy	p. 1
China-U.S. trade issues	p. 49
Food and agricultural imports from China	p. 75
China's economic conditions	p. 91
Seafood marketing: Combating fraud and deception	p. 105
China's currency: A summary of the economic issues	p. 117
Health and safety concerns over U.S. imports of Chinese products: An overview	p. 125
What's the difference? - Comparing U.S. and Chinese trade data	p. 133
Index	p. 141
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