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US to blame for China trade friction: Amcham
(Reuters/AFP)
Updated: 2005-09-13 16:38
BEIJING - Trade tensions between the United States and China are due
partly to the ineffectiveness of U.S. firms to produce goods that Chinese want
to buy, a U.S. business group said on Tuesday.
Charles Martin, the
president of the American Chamber of Commerce in China.
[amcham-china.org.cn] | Threatening China with
tariffs and quotas may not be the best strategy, and could backfire, Charles
Martin, the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, told foreign
media.
"The idea of pushing countries around isn't valid, it doesn't work," said
Martin. "The U.S. has to produce products that are desired in other markets."
Washington has blocked imports of billions of dollars of Chinese-made
underwear, pants and other clothing this year under an emergency textile
"safeguard" provision that Beijing accepted when it joined the World Trade
Organization in 2001.
The United States wanted a textile trade agreement with China but would not
sacrifice its right to restrict imports of Chinese clothing when there was a
surge, U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman said last week.
U.S. lawmakers are under intense pressure to protect
domestic industries that say China unfairly keeps its currency undervalued to
boost exports and erects trade barriers.
China revalued the yuan by 2.1 percent in July, but U.S. lawmakers want
further revaluation to cut a trade deficit with China that could surpass last
year's record $162 billion.
Martin said China's market was "a pretty fair playing
field and getting fairer all the time."
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