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...dwell on economics, a bone of contention between Washington and Beijing that Bush will have to address. China enjoyed a trade surplus with the U.S. of nearly $99 billion through August, and American industrial lobbies accuse China's low-cost labor force of stealing American jobs. Trade conflicts could strike early, as quotas on China's textile exports will end on Dec. 31. While Beijing is looking forward to selling more silks and underwear, the U.S. still enjoys "surge-protection" clauses that let it restrict imports from China. "We will be highly vigilant for new forms of protectionism," warns...
...North Korean arsenal, the clock is ticking?the U.S. has said it cannot tolerate a nuclear-tipped North Korea, but it has failed to shut down the bomb factories. At some point the U.S. Administration will have to consider stronger medicine?sanctions, an economic blockade, even a military strike. Says Choi Jin Wook, a North Korea expert at the Korea Institute for National Unification: "Tensions will inevitably escalate...
...friends, keeping power distributed?as Asians might say?harmoniously. In the future, that task will be even more vital than it has been in the past. The choice of a U.S. President, even a re-elected one, sends ripples around the world that beget new ripples everywhere they strike. Asians will be watching to see if the second Bush Administration understands what power?sometimes unintentional?it has and how much Asians want that power to be used for the benefit...
...rejects Pyongyang's demands for talks with the U.S. alone. He has been content to let European nations take the lead in leaning on Iran to forgo nuclear arms and submit to meaningful inspections. He has proposed increased funding for research on bunker-busting nuclear weapons that could strike nuclear, chemical or biological weapons caches buried deep underground...
...voters and warning them that it's too late to fill out their absentee ballots. A 66-page manual put out by the Democratic National Committee doesn't just warn of Republican intimidation tactics; it says "if no signs of intimidation techniques have emerged yet, launch a pre-emptive strike" by planting stories in the press in which minority leadership expresses "concern about the threat of intimidation tactics...