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...ba href=/anxiety/a/b about China's huge trade surplus and its competitive pressure on American producers has risen in many quarters of Congress.

The Bush administration, though a staunch defender of trade with China, has bluntly criticized Chinese leaders for failing to address a long list of trade complaints and has hinted it might accuse China of engaging in "currency manipulation."Mr.

Schumer and Mr.

Graham have been threatening to force a Senate vote on their bill for nearly two years, but they have repeatedly held back after receiving assurances that China was moving toward a more flexible exchange-rate policy.Last July, China announced a 2.1 increase in the value of the yuan and said it was moving away from a fixed exchange rate.

But the yuan barely budged again until earlier this month, when the government allowed it to edge up another 1 percent.As a practical matter, American companies are ambivalent about the entire issue.

The National Association of Manufacturers has complained about China's exchange rates for years, but it has opposed the Schumer-Graham bill out of fear that it would imperil a trade relationship that is vital to many American companies.The group estimates that about a quarter of all manufactured goods from China come from subsidiaries of American companies.

But that estimate does not include large volumes of imports from Chinese companies working as subcontractors to American manufacturers.Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa and Senator Max Baucus of Montana, resp...

...ba href=/anxiety/a/b disorder and depression medications target such disorders.

About 3.3 million people in the United States have OCD, which causes them to obsess about certain things and have compulsions to do things that prevent or mask the obsessions.

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