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\f0\fs26 \cf0 \cb2 (Image source: {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barack_Obama_and_Hu_Jintao_of_China_at_working_dinner_in_White_House_on_Jan._18,_2011.jpg"}}{\fldrslt
\cf3 \ul \ulc3 The White House}}) \f1\fs24 \
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\f0\b\fs26 \cf0 BY CHRISTINA HARTMAN \f1\b0\fs24 \
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\f0\fs26 \cf0 Talk about knowing your audience. \f1\fs24 \
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\f0\fs26 Campaigning in auto manufacturing country, in Ohio Monday, President Obama hit
China on auto-parts subsidies. \f1\fs24 \
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\f0\b\fs26 \cf0 OBAMA, {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/09/obama-romney-shift-focus-of-campaign-back-to-economy.html"}}{\fldrslt
\cf4 VIA PBS}}: \'93These are subsidies that directly harm working men and women on the
assembly lines in Ohio and Michigan and across the midwest.\'94
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\f0\fs26 \cf0 Beyond rhetoric, the administration announced it\'92s taking it up {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news12_e/ds449rfc_17sep12_e.htm"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 with the World Trade Organization}} \'97
with an official complaint that China is illegally subsidizing Chinese auto and auto-parts exports
to the tune of $1 billion. \f1\fs24 \
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\f0\fs26 All that, the same day voters across the country got a look at {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58pq658byzI&feature=player_embedded"}}{\fldrslt \cf4 this TV ad}} from the Romney campaign.
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\f0\b\fs26 \cf0 \'93Under Obama, we've lost over half a million manufacturing jobs and
for the first time, China's beating us. Seven times Obama could've stopped China's cheating.
Seven times he refused. \'93 \f1\b0\fs24 \
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\f0\fs26 \cf0 For a while now, critics have said the U.S. trade policy isn\'92t tough
enough on China. Mitt Romney\'92s calling the president\'92s tough China talk an election-year
stunt that doesn\'92t match his record. \f1\fs24 \
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\f0\fs26 Even MSNBC\'92s Alex Wagner posed the question of timing to Obama campaign spokesman
Ben LaBolt. \f1\fs24 \
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{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://nowwithalex.msnbc.com/"}}{\fldrslt \f0\b\fs26 \cf4 WAGNER}}
\f0\b\fs26 : \'93It seems pretty nakedly political.\'94 \f1\b0\fs24 \
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\f0\fs26 \cf0 Obama campaign officials deny the move is political. But no matter \'97
let\'92s take a look at some data. \f1\fs24 \
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{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/business/united-states-to-file-wto-case-against-china-over-cars.html?_r=1&hpw"}}{\fldrslt \f0\fs26 \cf4 The New York Times talked to}}
\f0\fs26 an anonymous administration official who says the U.S. auto parts industry lost
half its jobs from 2001 to 2010. \f1\fs24 \
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\f0\fs26 \cf0 Meanwhile, imports of Chinese auto parts 7 times over.
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\f0\fs26 China also filed a complaint against the U.S. Monday challenging U.S. legislation
on tariffs to combat subsidies.}