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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:navy'>The Economic
Policy Institute (EPI) held <a
href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103181943052&s=8422&e=001LkrZPK2t4QIrWkfSPrCDGbW6eLuzVwpoEYL-b0O-d89oMP29Pp4XUgPHS-MJq7V-O2IB-Aa6-bG-Y44YF84RBF4IJCbosKfLmriVvqQ-Z7tP39sFTgG5fN0tEKlaEOkXJuugOaNFQsR5xomWcwo9tg=="
target="_blank"><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>a forum on China's
currency manipulation</span></font></a> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Washington</st1:City> <st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State></st1:place>
last Friday. The message was very clear: What <st1:country-region
w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> is doing is protectionism and the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> needs
to enforce its rules.</span></font><font size=2 color=blue
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:blue'> </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:navy'>One of the forum's
panelists, Fred Bergsten, said that responding to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s protectionism is not
protectionist. It's simply a matter of correcting global imbalances.</span></font><font
size=2 color=blue face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Trebuchet MS";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:navy'><a
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target="_blank"><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>Watch an archived
webcast</span></font></a> of the conference.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:navy'><a
href="http://www.epi.org/resources/event_20100312/"><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>http://www.epi.org/resources/event_20100312/</span></font></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue'>Related News:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h2><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a
href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1217025020100312?type=usDollarRpt"
target="_self">Economists see strong US case on China currency</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 color="#666666"
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:#666666'>Reuters</span></font><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> - <span
class=author-link1><a
href="http://news.google.com/news/search?cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22Paul+Eckert%22&scoring=n"><font
color="#7777cc"><span style='color:#7777CC'>Paul Eckert</span></font></a>, <a
href="http://news.google.com/news/search?cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22Donna+Smith%22&scoring=n"><font
color="#7777cc"><span style='color:#7777CC'>Donna Smith</span></font></a></span> -
</span></font><span class=date1><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><st1:State w:st="on"><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>WASHINGTON</span></font></st1:State><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>,
March 12 (Reuters) - <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region>
President Barack Obama has no reason to shy away from formally labeling <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> a
currency manipulator and <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>...</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h2 style='background:white'><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a
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href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-12/krugman-says-china-yuan-policy-depresses-global-economic-growth.html"
target="_self" id=MAA4AEgBUABqAnVz>Krugman Says China Yuan Policy Depresses
Global Economic Growth</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><font size=2
color="#666666" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Trebuchet MS";color:#666666'>BusinessWeek</span></font><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> -
<span class=author-link1><a
href="http://news.google.com/news/search?um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22Rebecca+Christie%22&scoring=n"><font
color="#7777cc"><span style='color:#7777CC'>Rebecca Christie</span></font></a></span> -
</span></font><span class=date2><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>“We
should not be afraid of what the Chinese might do if we pressure them to stop
this <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>currency manipulation</span></b>,”
Krugman said. At the end of 2009, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>...</span></b>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h2><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a
href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/schumer-to-push-to-end-china-yuan-manipulation-2010-03-12"
target="_self">Schumer to push to end China yuan manipulation</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 color="#666666"
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:#666666'>MarketWatch</span></font><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> - <span
class=author-link1><a
href="http://news.google.com/news/search?cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22Greg+Robb%22&scoring=n"><font
color="#7777cc"><span style='color:#7777CC'>Greg Robb</span></font></a></span> -
</span></font><span class=date1><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) --
Sen. Charles Schumer, DN.Y., said Friday that he plans to reintroduce
legislation to confront <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>
on the issue of currency <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>...</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h2><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a
href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1218046820100312?type=usDollarRpt"
target="_self">FACTBOX-What US law on currency manipulation says</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 color="#666666"
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:#666666'>Reuters</span></font><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> - <span
class=author-link1><a
href="http://news.google.com/news/search?cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22Kenneth+Barry%22&scoring=n"><font
color="#7777cc"><span style='color:#7777CC'>Kenneth Barry</span></font></a></span> -
</span></font><span class=date1><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>March 12 (Reuters)- US
President Barack Obama's vow to get tougher on countries such as <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place>
that undervalue their currencies has heightened attention on <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>...</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h2><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a
href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2510731620100226" target="_self">Senators
urge US to combat China currency policy</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 color="#666666"
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:#666666'>Reuters</span></font><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> - <span
class=author-link1><a
href="http://news.google.com/news/search?cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22Doug+Palmer%22&scoring=n"><font
color="#7777cc"><span style='color:#7777CC'>Doug Palmer</span></font></a>, <a
href="http://news.google.com/news/search?cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22Andrew+Hay%22&scoring=n"><font
color="#7777cc"><span style='color:#7777CC'>Andrew Hay</span></font></a></span> -
</span></font><span class=date1><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><span class=date1><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> </span></font></span><span
class=date1><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>ý</span></font></span><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><st1:State w:st="on"><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>WASHINGTON</span></font></st1:State><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>,
Feb 25 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of 15 <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region>
senators on Thursday insisted <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s
currency practices are effectively a subsidy <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>...</span></b>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h2><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a
href="http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_495201.html"
target="_self" id=MAA4AEgBUABqAnVz>US Senators blast Locke</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 color="#666666"
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:#666666'>Straits Times</span></font><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> - </span></font><span
class=date1><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>ý</span></font></span><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><st1:State w:st="on"><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>WASHINGTON</span></font></st1:State><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>
- US COMMERCE Secretary Gary Locke has 'failed' to properly investigate charges
that <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>
deliberately undervalues its currency to get an edge <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>...</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h2><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a
href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-25/schumer-says-china-s-weak-yuan-should-prompt-u-s-trade-duties.html"
target="_self" id=MAA4AEgCUABqAnVz>Schumer Says China's Weak Yuan Should Prompt
US Trade Duties</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 color="#666666"
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:#666666'>BusinessWeek</span></font><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> - <span
class=author-link1><a
href="http://news.google.com/news/search?cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22Mark+Drajem%22&scoring=n"><font
color="#7777cc"><span style='color:#7777CC'>Mark Drajem</span></font></a></span> -
</span></font><span class=date1><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) --
Chinese exporters should be hit with stiffer <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> tariffs to compensate for the
unfair advantage they get from an <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>...</span></b>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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