“A significant amount of work remains to knock down trade barriers and ensure that American exporters have new economic opportunities across the globe,” Mrs. Schwab said.

Definitely an understatement. In any event, this week the Administration released a report identifying 63 so called trading partners including China and the European Union who have erecting illegal barriers to American exports.

“In discussing China, the administration said that unless the country does more to crack down on the theft of U.S. copyrighted products such as movies, music and computer software, the administration would consider filing a case against China before the World Trade Organization….. In addition to copyright piracy, the report criticized China for using government subsidies to give its companies unfair advantages over American companies.”

“The 2007 National Trade Estimate report covered 63 major trading partners from Angola to Vietnam. It has been prepared annually for more than two decades under legislation that requires the administration to give an accounting of the trade barriers that are most harmful to American businesses and farmers.”

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