A nod to labor


Naples (Fla.) Daily News: This didn’t take long. President Barack Obama imposed punitive tariffs on Chinese-made lower price tires and ... China had announced it was considering tit-for-tat tariffs on imports of U.S. chicken and auto products.

Currying favor

It’s hard to see this as anything other than Obama currying favor with organized labor and Rust Belt Democrats at a critical point in his drive for health care reform.

Trade issues here and in China are hardly immune to domestic political considerations and are subject to considerable poker playing by trade negotiators.

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