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Which Way, L.A.?

Trading Barbs over Foreign Trade

It's a pretty reliable applause line on the campaign trail: As President I will stand up to China. The US actually has brought an unfair trade case against China before the World Trade Organization, but a bill that would get tough on Chinese currency manipulation languishes in Congress with neither candidate's prodding his party to push it along.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Mike Pesca • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    It's a pretty reliable applause line on the campaign trail: As President I will stand up to China. The US actually has brought an unfair trade case against China before the World Trade Organization, but a bill that would get tough on Chinese currency manipulation languishes in Congress with neither candidate's prodding his party to push it along. Can one country really bully around a trade partner that it owes $1.2 trillion? How unfair is the game that China's playing? We discuss the economics of trade, the reality of the Chinese economy and the realistic options for any American president.

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      Mike Pesca

      host of The Gist

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Caitlin Shamberg

      KCRW

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      Joshua Meltzer

      Brookings Institution

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      Steven Dennis

      Bloomberg

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      Greg Anderson

      business consultant and author

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