China-U.S. Trade Issues [March 4, 2009] [open pdf - 738KB]
This CRS report examines major U.S.-China trade issues. "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 $387 billion in 2007. China overtook Japan to become the third largest U.S. export market, and overtook Canada to become the largest source of U.S. imports. With a huge population and a rapidly expanding economy, China is a potentially huge market for U.S. exporters. However, U.S.-China economic relations have become strained over a number of issues, including large and growing U.S. trade deficits with China (which hit $256 billion in 2007), China's failure to fully implement its World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments (especially in regards to protection of intellectual property rights), its refusal to adopt a floating currency system, its use of industrial policies and other practices deemed unfair and/or harmful to various U.S. economic sectors, and failure to ensure that its exports to the United States meet U.S. health and safety standards."
Report Number: | CRS Report for Congress, RL33536 |
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Date: | 2009-03-04 |
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Copyright: | Public Domain |
Retrieved From: | Via E-mail |
Format: | pdf |
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