In particular, he has no mandate to open an official dialogue with the United States, and thus attend to a relationship that will have to be mended if Iran is to have full trade relations with other countries.
However, many in the powerful China lobby and others in Washington see Dorgan's proposal as misguided and could very well undermine any progress the U.S. and China have made in strengthening trade relations in recent years.
Iraq's Kurds, despite age-old tensions with Turkey, have also warmed their relations as trade has boomed and the looming departure of the Kurds' American protectors raises the spectre of isolation.
Recent debates over granting President Bush Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), according Communist China permanent "Normal Trade Relations" status and permitting taxpayer subsidized trade with Cuba have all implicitly, if not explicitly, shared a dubious conviction: Since overseas commerce is an inherently good thing, the more of it the better.
Supporters of granting China permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) have pushed Lott, R-Mississippi, to schedule a Senate vote on the issue before the Senate's summer recess begins in late July.
CNN: No China trade vote without weapons compromise, Lott aides say
Where to look: The Council of Public Relations Firms, an industry trade group, and the Public Relations Society of America have helpful Web sites.
The Bush administration's filing of complaints this week against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) was clearly designed to appease cries from lawmakers who have not only criticized the president's economic relations with Beijing but have also condemned his failure to enforce trade rules generally.
In recent days, proponents of granting China Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status have asserted that the failure by Congress to do so would harm U.S. national security.
Trade relations between the US and China have been under strain in recent years.
The Chinese dramatically have boosted trade with their neighbors and maintain close military relations some six decades after they fought side by side in the Korean War.
The region's two biggest powers, Brazil and Argentina, are currently locked in trade disputes, while Bolivia and Chile have no diplomatic relations at all.
Booming trade flows, warm political relations, and deeply intertwined ties have created a relationship that makes it increasingly awkward for Beijing to look away when North Korea murders South Koreans as it did in 2010 (with the sinking of the South Korean vessel Cheonan that killed 46 sailors, and when it shelled Yonpyeong Island).
Booming trade flows, warm political relations, and deeply intertwined ties have created a relationship that makes it increasingly awkward for Beijing to look away when North Korea murders South Koreans as it did in 2010 (with the sinking of the South Korean vessel Cheonan that killed 46 sailors, and when it shelled Yongpyeong Island).
Better relations with Russia have stopped anti-Polish propaganda there and boosted trade.
As a result, the US-EU economic relations have become the most intense in the world (in terms of trade in goods as well as investment flows).
They have rich relations in Western Europe and some have connections with the international drug trade.
What I think I can add to the picture is that the fallout will not be confined to trade relations and military spending, as most of the talking heads on television have indicated.
Government prosecutors have made their reputation at the agencies like the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Fish and Wildlife Service by threatening legal action against great companies like Boeing, Gibson and Google.
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