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rmer top food and drug regulator over bribery charges. But in a worrisome development for the administration, China appears also to have retaliated against the United States, declaring that it, too, must be vigilant for unsafe American food products. Earlier this month, for example, China suspended the import of poultry and pork products from several major . producers, including Tyson Foods, Cargill Meat Solutions and Sanderson Farms, charging that they were tainted with bacteria or residues of drugs and Agriculture Department is in the process of inspecting the affected food plants to try to assure the Chinese of their safety. To many outside experts, the increase in actions against China reflects the political atmosphere in the United States after the elections last November, when many Democrats based their campaigns on criticism of the administration39。 1 Friction over trade tests . China ties By Steven R. Weisman Published: Monday, July 30, 2020 A year after the United States began a highlevel strategic economic dialogue with China, the word dialogue hardly seems to apply. In the last eight months, the Bush administration has talked and talked and talked to China about economic issues. But it has also filed legal challenges over Chinese tariffs on auto parts, export subsidies and counterfeiting of videos and DVDs, and it is weighing possible punitive duties on a range of goods. The Chinese charge that the administration39。s support of trade deals and increased trade with China, in particular. This is an exceedingly familiar development, said C. Fred Bergsten, director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington. What we39。s pliance with its WTO obligations very carefully, Bhatia said. Where we have concerns, we talk to the Chinese. Hopefully dialogue will be successful. In a number of cases it has been successful. Paulson said that recently he discussed the increase in trade disputes in China at the White House with President George W