[news] China's advances into South America have U.S. on edge

[Resist!ca]

Washington -- It's not news that China has become trade enemy No. 1 in Washington. But the harsh anti-China rhetoric on the home front is really just a sideshow to a global race for power, influence and resources. The Bush administration has slapped tariffs on imported Chinese clothes and is threatening further sanctions if China doesn't inflate its currency in the next few months. An angry U.S. Congress is vowing much worse -- a blanket 30-per-cent tariff on the hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods imported into the United States every year.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/5/26/53943/9834