The Port Townsend Think Tank

Monday, October 8, 2007

Sunday, August 5, 2007

The Chinese Economy

China has a 235 billion dollar trade surplus with the U.S. It is estimated that China has currance that is 40 to 50% undervalued which gives China a trade advantage. They have a foreign exchange reserve of 1.3 trillion dollars and will have a foreign exchange reserve of 2 trillion dollars by 2008. They are using their foreign exchange to tie up oil reserves and critical minerals around the world. The Wall Street Journal quotes the CIA as saying that China has 3000 front companies in the US to collect usefall technology for China. The Central Bank of China requires 5% foreign currancy for every dollar the Central Bank issues. Commercial banks in China are required to keep a reserve requirment of 11% Chinese money in the respective bank. It is easy to see that the huge trade surplus with the U.S. allows China to manufacture almost unlimited amouns of money. Even companies owned by the Chinese government and the Peoples Liberation Army raise money by selling stock on the international market.

James Fritz P.T.Think Tank











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Friday, August 3, 2007

Trade with China

Trade with China

Any U.S. company that does business in China has to do 3 things: The company has to license it's latest technology, agree to lobby on China's behalf, and train a partner to be able to run the company. The government has export subsidies on products manufactured in China and import duties of up to 42 % on U.S. products. Of the 66 companies that sell retail on the Chinese stock exchange, 65 are owned by the Chinease government. The U.S. has a 230 billion dollar trade deficit with China because they exclude U.S products.