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, when many Democrats based their campaigns on criticism of the administration39。re seeing is an administration that has ignored the problem and then suddenly started to get tough to prove to Congress that it is minding the store. Bergsten said that Paulson, in conversations with him, seems hopeful and halfway optimistic that the Congress won39。s tough actions on China have brought both praise and skepticism. The Chinese currency, the yuan, has appreciated percent since mid2020, but congressional critics say it needs to move upward at a much faster , the Commerce Department and the . trade representative are taking a more confrontational approach. David Spooner, an assistant merce secretary for import administration, said this week that while American exports to China were up 32 percent from last year, the administration was pushing for better market access and actions to guard against dumping of Chinese products, which occurs when goods are sold in . markets at prices below what it cost to make them. The Commerce Department files antidumping actions against scores of countries, but 27 percent of its current antidumping orders are on exports from China, even though China accounts for percent of what the United States imports. In addition, in March, the department reversed 23 years of policy and began applying antisubsidy laws to China. As a result, a flood of manufacturers have filed plaints that China has illegally subsidized its exported goods, including tires, paper bags, two kinds of steel pipes and steel nails. 3 Spooner testified before Congress last week that China had created a global oversupply in the steel industry and was dumping steel products at below cost. Susan Schwab, the top American trade envoy, has authorized four cases against China with the World Trade Organization since the end of last year, more than any other country. The cases charge that China has kept tariffs illegally high on imports from the United States of automobile parts and illegally subsidized a