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US to 'push China hard on piracy'

Did anybody tell them China has an internal Market of 2 Billion people? That is 6 times the size of the US. Another 1 billion in India, not to mention Japan, Korea, Sri Lanka, The Philippines, Thai Land, Russia, Hell the entire Orient! Whatever he’s chiefing I got next.

The US intends to push China "aggressively" to clamp down more firmly on piracy and open more of its domestic markets to foreign firms. That was the pledge of US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, as the two countries continue to negotiate the agenda for trade talks in April. Mr Gutierrez said China had "to play by the rules" if it wished to become a "respected" global trader.

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