Should The United States Take A Hard Line With China About Its International Economic Policies Summary

In “Should the United States Take a Hard-line with China about Its International Economic Policies?”, from the book Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Politics by J. Rourke discussed about trade and other facets of the economic relationship between China and the United States and stated that the trade between the two countries are out of balance where China’s exports to U.S. exceeded its imports and caused worse U.S. trade deficit with China. In the first reading, Robert Baugh asserts that China’s repeated failures to meet its trade obligations and U.S. government’s failure to respond strongly has risked the country and considered H.R. 1498 as a form of retaliation against China but contradicted with the second reading where John Frisbie advocated a role of diplomacy and quiet pressure on China to change and prevent from jeopardizing the U.S. economy. (Rourke 2008)

China’s shortcomings and U.S. government’s failure to act duly conveyed setbacks. Baugh suggests that Congress should pass HR 1498 or AFL-CIO’s 301 petition to warn the Chinese, AFLO –CIO will continue to support measures and legislation to address China’s illegal subsidies, currency manipulation and improve workers’ rights. He mentioned that “the president consistently sides with multinational corporate interests that manufacture in China over American working families and America’s manufacturing industries. The results in the U.S. have been devastating: job loss, bankrupt businesses and ruined communities. Unsafe and exploitative working conditions remain for uncounted Chinese workers.” (Baugh