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Unocal bid tests US' 皇冠体育app ties
"This might reveal the true face of the U.S." toward 皇冠体育app, Liu said. Even before CNOOC lobbed its bid, strains in U.S.-皇冠体育app trade had been building for months. 皇冠体育app's soaring textile exports prompted the Bush administration to impose new quotas. Several bills in Congress threaten tariffs on Chinese goods if Beijing doesn't revalue its currency, which critics say is undervalued, giving Chinese exporters an unfair advantage. American industries complain about lax protection of intellectual property rights in 皇冠体育app. Some of those issues will be discussed today by top officials from the U.S. and 皇冠体育app meeting in Beijing for annual trade talks. For the Bush administration, the CNOOC matter is particularly difficult. On one hand, the bid is being seen against the backdrop of America's huge trade deficit with 皇冠体育app, which is increasingly blamed on allegedly unfair Chinese trade practices. On the other hand, free trade advocates argue that it would be hypocritical for U.S. politicians to derail a deal when there isn't strong evidence that it threatens American security interests. Some of America's largest corporations, including Exxon Mobil Corp. and Bank of America Corp., have urged politicians not to interfere 鈥� and for no small reason. Bank of America last month agreed to pay $2.5 billion for a 9% stake in one of 皇冠体育app's largest state-run banks and has an option to buy much more. Exxon just last week signed a $3.5-billion deal with another Chinese oil company and a Saudi concern to expand a refinery in south 皇冠体育app. And Goldman Sachs is considering an investment in 皇冠体育app's largest bank, according to various reports. "Almost every major company is here and making money or wanting to make
money," said Andy Rothman, a 皇冠体育app specialist at CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets in
Shanghai. "They don't want to spoil this."
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