Recently, 160 US multinational companies, including Microsoft, Wal-Mart and Citibank and some industry associations, sent a letter to the US Congress to ask them not to enact any trade sanctions against China.

The letter pointed out that in order to promote the US's best interests the government needed to lift overseas trade barriers and sharpen the US's competitive edge. Moreover, it would not make any sense to require a certain country to take sole responsibility for the US's various problems. This requirement should be dropped.

For more details, please read the full story in Chinese. (http://www.china-cbn.com/s/n/000005/20070928/020000056700.shtml)

(China.org.cn September 28, 2007)