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		<title>Let&#8217;s Negotiate an Investment Treaty with China</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Date: 8 April 2011.
Publication: The Huffington Post.
Author: Daniel Michaeli.
In recent years, Beijing has asked repeatedly for a treaty that would give U.S. investors in China greater and more enforceable rights. It is high time for the Obama administration to respond seriously &#8212; by concluding its open-ended review of bilateral investment treaties and working one out with China. The U.S. and China should work aggressively over the next several weeks to prepare to announce a timeline for negotiations at the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington next month.
American firms have ...]]></description>
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		<title>Free Trade = American Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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The 0verall success or failure of President Obama&#8217;s State of the Union address last night won&#8217;t be known for some time. Dan Balz of the Washington Post reports that the real issue coming out of the speech is whether Congressional Democrats and Republicans will or won&#8217;t change their behavior in the coming months.
But an aspect of the speech that certainly deserves praise was the president&#8217;s focus on American competitiveness, including comparisons to China, Germany, and India. It was unusually honest for a president to acknowledge that the U.S. could ...]]></description>
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