Treasury Chief Paulson Makes 3rd Trip to China, Aims at Financial Reforms
Here is some highlights from the AP article:
The administration is trying to convince the Chinese to open their financial markets to greater participation by U.S. companies as a way to strengthen the Chinese financial system by introducing American expertise and greater competition.
The U.S. trade deficit with China hit a record $232.5 billion last year, prompting more calls by democrats in Congress for the administration to do more to deal with the soaring imbalance.
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If we slow down our buying from them we won’t have this problem.