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Obama's comments on China

January 25, 2012
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President Obama, from his State of the Union address:

I will go anywhere in the world to open new markets for American products.  And I will not stand by when our competitors don’t play by the rules.  We’ve brought trade cases against China at nearly twice the rate as the last administration – and it’s made a difference.

Just how much of a difference? Hard to say, but it hasn't stopped the U.S. trade deficit with China from keeping a sharp upward trend since Obama took office. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau:

From WeeklyStandard.com