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09/15/09
The fact that everyone, including the media, is behaving in a more objective fashion regarding Obama and his performance than in the previous 12 months reflects a sense of, "We might get through this after all."
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Really?
it's MSNBC that's leftist.
I know people are misinformed these days, but at least put a little effort in yourself.
09/15/09
Pray tell -- how do you find it surprising that Fox is negative about Obama? Is is the liberal softies like Glenn beck, Sean Hannity, or Bill O'Reilly?
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Notice I didn't say a word about anything other than the potential for a trade war to start. I think he's done as well as he could with all that you mentioned.
The following is from Bertel Schmitt, an automotive journalist for multiple publications and long time auto industry employee.
"The American Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition wrote in a letter to the US Trade Representative John Kirk: "The absence of tires from China in the market will raise costs to downstream consuming industries, including automobile manufacturers, will limit consumer choices and affect most seriously those with the fewest resources. Thus, these tariffs will be the most regressive of taxes."
"Market disruption" is a vague concept. If anyone feels disrupted by Chinese imports, they can petition the USITC. If the USITC accepts it and takes it to the president, and if he signs it, no more Chinese imports. Under Bush, for all his failings, every section 421 petition that reached his desk was rejected: He had to decide on strategically important goods such as wire hangers, steel pipe, brake drums and rotors and "pedestal actuators," a component used in scooters for the disabled. All voted down.
Obama approved the first 421 petition that was put before him. China and US companies are rightly afraid that this will trigger a flurry of section 421 cases. "Multinational companies such as Caterpillar Inc., Citigroup Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have urged Obama to refrain from curbing imports, saying it could lead to a "downward protectionist spiral," writes Bloomberg.
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