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www.bloomberg.com — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will discuss with her U.S. counterpart Barack Obama ways to counteract the threat posed by cheap imports from China, a Brazilian official said. China's policy of undervaluing the yuan will be discussed when Obama travels to Brazil next month for his first meeting with Rousseff since she took office Jan. 1.

thehill.com — Political campaigns bring out the worst in members of Congress. I can see the influence of the campaign season and a weak economy in the House of Representatives’ recent vote to “punish” China for what it sees as an undervalued currency. But business-as-usual campaign politics in the US are easily and constantly misinterpreted outside of our borders, and end up harming all parties.

hosted.ap.org — James Cameron is in China for the premier of his new film, Avatar, and has some words for Beijing: Mr. Hu, tear down this wall! The wall being China's restriction of 20 import films per year. This on the heels of the WTO ruling that Beijing was illegally restricting movie and other media imports.

www.grapewallofchina.com — While the Australian wine sector faces a crisis, including its first major decline in export volume and value in years, Hong Kong and mainland China rank among the few positive markets.