China's Unfair Trade Affects American Jobs

Feb 01,2012 - More than 1.6 million American jobs in the nations auto supply chain are at risk unless Chinas illegal trade practices are curtailed, according to three new reports released today. In a conference call with reporters this afternoon, United Steelworkers (USW) President Leo Gerard said: China is cheating unmercifully in this sector and we are saying to China and asking our government to stand up to China and say enough is enough. It is time to enforce our trade policies. Two reports from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) and one from Stewart and Stewart, a law firm that has won cases challenging China’s unfair trade practices, detail Chinas persistent and growing violations of World Trade Organization (WTO) rules and outline plans by China’s government to use these same tactics to boost their auto parts exports even further. In the past 10 years alone, Chinas auto parts exports to the United States have increased by 850 percent, while jobs in the parts industry declined by more than 400,000...