As Obama visits Ohio, admin hits China on trade
As President Obama makes a campaign swing through Ohio Monday, the administration files a formal unfair-trade complaint against China for subsidizing auto parts manufacturers, undercutting U.S. firms.
As Obama visits Ohio, admin hits China on trade
Thomas Fitzgerald, Inquirer Politics Writer
COLUBMUS, Ohio -- As President Obama travels to Ohio for two campaign stops Monday, the White House will demand that China’s government stop subsidizing auto parts made for export, arguing that undercuts U.S. manufacturers and costs jobs.
The administration plans to ask the World Trade Organization to take action against China for the subsidies. In addition, the White House will request a WTO investigation of tariffs that China places on American car imports as an unfair trade practice.
These actions were first reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the largest newspaper in this crucial swing state. Obama is scheduled to campaign in Cincinnati and Columbus Monday.
An estimated 54,200 Ohioans work for auto-parts manufacturers; including everything from assembly to sales, 12.4 percent of Ohio’s workforce is employed by the automobile industry. Obama’s bailout of General Motors and Chrysler, which Republican rival Mitt Romney opposed, has been a major theme of the campaign in the state.
“President Obama has spent 43 months failing to confront China's unfair trade practices," Romney said in a statement. "Campaign-season trade cases may sound good on the stump, but it is too little, too late for American businesses and middle-class families. President Obama’s credibility on this issue has long since vanished."
A Romney ad that accuses Obama of being soft on China's trade perfidy has been airing heavily in Ohio. See it here:
Romney's money is parked in China on an outsourcing company that moved Sunbeem jobs from US to China.
Does anyone believe that Romney will rattle China while his money is there?— Seed- Meanwhile GE, one of Obama's largest, laid off its ENTIRE X-RAY unit and now outsourses it to China...Where is Obama on that?!?!
BTW, Solondrya, that company that Obama gave millions to which eventually went bankrupt....bought most of its components from China based companies.
But don't let facts get in the way of your idiocity.— Professor1982 
Comment removed.- Meanwhile the Middle East is burning while the state media tries to change the subject to protect Barry.— Comrade Noodlehead
- This comment has been deleted. — hannibal barca
- Hannibal, you're embarrassing yourself. I take it then George W Bush and republicans balanced the budget, paid for 2 wars and Medicare PartD with all the extra money they saved thru great economic republican fiscal policies and NEVER borrowed anything from China. Right? — CommonSense in Philly
- This comment has been deleted. — hannibal barca
- Comment removed.
- Obama is schooling republicans on politics. Republicans used to be the masters of politics but then they had this brain-f@rt called the tea party.
- LoL. Really? Perhaps its that Democrats are more willing to drink the Kool-Aid their false massiah is pouring for them whereas Repubicans can see the path the Democrats have us on will lead to Greek like consequence in the economy.
Democrats in Greece didn't see that coming either...— Professor1982 - ask the World Trade Organization to take action against China for the subsidies.
the White House will request a WTO investigation of tariffs that China places on American car imports as an unfair trade practice.
please explain how this will turn us into Greece? you are totally losing it. LOL. he who laughs last, laughs the loudest. - Wonder what kind of "school " your talking about?..Let's see, Clinton,Rice and the White House are all trying to spin the fact that riots in almost 50 locations are due to the fact that a 13 minute trailer insulting Muslims came about...Gee, wonder how that Osama assassination film (so reveered by the clueless White House that they couldn't wait to feed classified information to Hollywood) will go over? — bearsfriend
- trying to spin the fact that riots in almost 50 locations are due to the fact that a 13 minute trailer insulting Muslims came about
the protests are because of the film. how is that spin? - Professor, do you practice at being wrong or does it come naturally for you? Greece is in the mess because they've been doing it the republican way....duh. Now, that Austerity hasn't worked, they're looking to try it Obama's way: Stimulus. — CommonSense in Philly
- Campaigner in Chief. This guy has made getting re-elected his business his whole first term in office.— Lttim76(2)
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