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China and US Corporate Hypocrisy

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China and US Corporate Hypocrisy
Police officers patrol at a container port in Qingdao, in Shandong Province, China, on Feb. 19, 2020. Chinatopix via AP
Clyde Prestowitz
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The U.S. Business Roundtable, the Chamber of Commerce, the American Farm Bureau, the Semiconductor Association, and several other major U.S. business groups have just asked that President Joe Biden reduce U.S. tariffs on imports from China and negotiate a new trade deal with Beijing.

Clyde Prestowitz
Clyde Prestowitz
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Clyde Prestowitz is an Asia and globalization expert, a veteran U.S. trade negotiator, and presidential adviser. He was the leader of the first U.S. trade mission to China in 1982 and has served as an adviser to Presidents Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, and Obama. As counselor to the secretary of commerce in the Reagan administration, Prestowitz headed negotiations with Japan, South Korea, and China. His newest book is "The World Turned Upside Down: America, China, and the Struggle for Global Leadership," which was published in January 2021.
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