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In Letter to Treasury Sec. Timothy Geithner, Brown Urges that China be Designated a Currency Manipulator in Semiannual Report

March 11, 2010 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. - With today's release of new trade deficit figures showing an $18.3 billion increase last month in our trade deficit with China, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today wrote to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urging him to designate China as a currency manipulator. Brown argued that the artificial devaluation of the Chinese currency has damaged the American manufacturing industry.    » read more »

Washington, DC – Appleton Coated LLC, NewPage Corporation, and Sappi Fine Paper North America – together with the United Steelworkers (USW) -- commended the U.S. Department of Commerce for its preliminary countervailing duty determinations against subsidized coated paper imports from China and Indonesia.

As a result of these determinations, the Department of Commerce will impose tariffs on imports of coated paper to offset the unfair advantage provided by subsidization. The Department of Commerce found that Chinese coated paper was subsidized by an average rate of 8.38 percent.    » read more »

01/15/10 -- Washington, DC - Congressman Glenn Nye (VA-02) has long been a strong advocate for aiding families affected by toxic Chinese drywall, and now he will be leading that fight in Washington – as the new Co-Chairman of the Congressional Contaminated Drywall Caucus.

Nye took over the job this week, and he immediately made it clear that he would not accept the same delays and inaction that characterized the federal response to toxic Chinese drywall last year. On Wednesday, Nye sent a letter to the heads of the federal agencies working to investigate the situation, stating that “families struggling with toxic Chinese drywall have waited long enough.” The letter was also signed by Nye's co-chairman on the bipartisan caucus, Florida Republican Mario Diaz-Balart.    » read more »

Dec. 15, 2009 -- China’s population is projected to peak at slightly less than 1.4 billion in 2026, both earlier and at a lower level than previously projected. Meanwhile, India’s population is projected to surpass China’s population in 2025, according to new data being released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

These figures come from the population estimates and projections for 227 countries and areas released today through the Census Bureau’s International Data Base. This release includes revisions for 21 countries, including China.    » read more »

Feds close to making decision on tainted drywall

December 11, 2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – A U.S. senator said today the federal government’s close to resolving the question of help for people whose homes are contaminated with imported drywall. Florida Democrat Bill Nelson said he’s basing that assessment on a letter he received just this week from the country’s top housing official.

In the Dec. 7 letter to Nelson, U.S. Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ) Secretary Shaun Donovan says his agency soon will let communities and homeowners know how federal block grant monies can be used to help remediate homes with problem drywall.    » read more »

"A U.S.-Chinese Spirit of Cooperation Will Lead to Success at Copenhagen"

Dec. 7, 2009 -- COPENHAGEN -- The following is a joint statement issued today by Jim Rogers, chairman, president and CEO of Duke Energy, the third-largest electric power holding company in the U.S., and Wang Yusuo, chairman of ENN Group, one of the largest private energy companies in China.

“Cooperation between government and business leaders from China and the U.S., the world’s two largest industrial nations, is a key to the success of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.    » read more »

December 8, 2009 -- Tokyo -- Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces it presented stipends from the Toyota Study Assistance Fund today at a ceremony at Guizhou University in Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China. This was the fourth annual presentation of stipends from the fund.

TMC and the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation2 jointly established the Toyota Study Assistance Fund in March 2006 to provide assistance to students in mid-western China who for financial reasons would otherwise have difficulty entering university or advancing their tertiary education.    » read more »

Tells panel that unfair trade and surge of imports from China negatively impacts entire steel industry, jobs

Washington, D.C. -- December 1, 2009 -- U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) today testified during an International Trade Commission (ITC) hearing that the domestic steel industry will be injured if unfairly traded imports of Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG) from China are left unchecked.

Senator Specter argued that the recent surge of imports has negatively impacted the domestic steel industry, which employs over 20,000 workers in Pennsylvania.    » read more »

Increased cooperation will generate economic growth, U.S. jobs

November 18, 2009 -- WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) today hailed agreements reached by the United States and China including greater energy efficiency, expansion of renewable energy, acceleration of electric vehicle development, advancement of clean coal technologies, promotion of shale gas production, and creation of a joint clean-energy research center.    » read more »

Press Briefing By White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs; And Ambassador To China Jon Huntsman; Senior Director For The National Security Council For Asian Affairs Jeff Bader; Deputy National Security Advisor Mike Froman; And Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes

November 17, 2009 -- MR. GIBBS: Good afternoon, guys. I am going to very brief, so brief that all I'm going to do is turn this over to -- first to Ambassador Huntsman, to give us a few minutes on the trip; Jeff Bader, who will talk a little bit more about -- in addition to what the Ambassador talks about -- what happened at some of the meetings today; as well as Mike Froman, who you've heard from during the trip.    » read more »

November 17, 2009 -- Beijing, China -- At the invitation of President Hu Jintao of the People’s Republic of China, President Barack Obama of the United States of America is paying a state visit to China from November 15–18, 2009. The Presidents held in-depth, productive and candid discussions on U.S.-China relations and other issues of mutual interest.    » read more »

Countries Discuss Outer Space Cooperation

BEIJING -- November 17, 2009 -- China and the United States today released a joint statement at the conclusion of formal talks between President Obama and President Hu Jintao that included agreements on nuclear weapons issues and cooperation in space.

In the statement, the United States and China "reaffirmed their commitment made on 27 June 1998 not to target at each other the strategic nuclear weapons under their respective control." This reverses a decision by the Bush administration, which was first announced in the 2002 Nuclear Posture Review, to target China with U.S. nuclear weapons.    » read more »

BEIJING, Nov. 17 -- China's GreenGen clean coal project achieved another important milestone today as the partners executed their joint venture agreement, recognizing Peabody Energy's participation as a full equity partner.

The agreement was commemorated at a signing ceremony at the historic Great Hall of the People in Beijing and included Peabody Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gregory H. Boyce; Huaneng Group President Cao Peixi; U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu; and Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang.    » read more »

Company Enters Module Manufacturing to Meet Fastest Growing Segment of Solar Market

SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 17, 2009 — DuPont Apollo Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of DuPont, announced the opening of its silicon based thin-film photovoltaic module manufacturing facility. The facility demonstrates the company’s commitment to reduce dependence on fossil fuels by supporting renewable energy technologies such as solar energy.    » read more »

Drywall Victims Insurance Protection Act will Prevent Cancellation of Homeowners Insurance

November 17, 2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Charlie Melancon (LA-03) introduced legislation today to aid Louisiana homeowners with defective Chinese drywall in their homes. The Drywall Victims Insurance Protection Act would prevent insurance companies from cancelling or failing to renew homeowners’ policies as the result of Chinese drywall in the home. The bill would also prevent insurers from changing rates or altering the type or amount of coverage based on problems stemming from Chinese drywall.    » read more »