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Panel wants US to get tough on China

CRITICAL Amid mounting trade friction, the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission endorsed forceful steps to bring about further currency reforms

NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , NEW YORK

"It does a good job of defining the difficult issues we face with China, but its standard solution is to beat Chinese over the head until they comply," said Reinsch, who is president of the National Foreign Trade Council and was an undersecretary of commerce under former president Bill Clinton.

"That approach runs the risk of undoing our policy of engagement with China, which has been the policy of the last five administrations," he said.

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