https://hotair.com/tina-korbe/2011/10/17/chamber-of-commerce-president-china-currency-bill-will-provoke-retaliation/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 15:30:55 -0400<![CDATA[The Senate last week passed a bill that would require the U.S. to impose tariffs on Chinese imports to compensate for Beijing&#8217;s cheap trade tricks. On the surface, the bill sounds like a wise idea. If China artificially devalues its currency to lower the price of its goods (and so make them more attractive to U.S. consumers), aren&#8217;t we justified in an attempt to bring that price more in line with reality? Maybe &#8212; but Chamber of Commerce head Thomas Donohue today offered an important reminder of why the bill is a bad idea:]]>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:11:25 -0400<![CDATA[Tina Korbe]]>https://hotair.com/tina-korbe/2011/10/17/chamber-of-commerce-president-china-currency-bill-will-provoke-retaliation-n181365