The Oregonian article "Exports from Oregon to China skyrocketing" by Rich Read:
Sub headline:Trade - Despite Rep. David Wu's criticisms of the nation, his district's sales leap 575 percent in six years
U.S. Rep. David Wu., D-Ore., consistently criticizes Beijing for human rights abuses and other issues, but his congressional district's exports to China have shot up faster than any other in Oregon.
Managers of international corporations in Wu's district, such as Nike Inc., object to his stance, which some see as ironic being that he promotes himself as the U.S. House of Representatives' first Chinese American member. Now the dichotomy is highlighted in a national report. It shows that sales to China from businesses in Wu's 1st Congressional District, which encompasses Washington County's Silicon Forest, jumped 575 percent between 2000 and 2006.
The study by the U.S.-China Business Council, which breaks out exports by congressional district, reveals that Oregon's four other districts recorded 300 percent jumps.
The Washington, D.C.-based organization of corporations doing business with China released the figures last week in hopes that Congress would go easy on the country whose economic and political practices are a constant source of controversy.
The numbers may not change politicians' minds -- Wu has no plans to temper his criticism -- but they come as Americans focus more closely on China during the yearlong run-up to the Beijing Olympics. Product recalls, the trade deficit, currency issues, commercial piracy and environmental debacles are all prompting bills in Congress, causing jitters at Nike and other firms....(more)
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