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Asians Say Trade Complaints Bring Out the Bully in China

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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- After hearing about dangerous Chinese products elsewhere, Indonesia this summer began testing popular Chinese-made items on its own store shelves. What it found has added to the list of horrors: mercury-laced makeup that turns skin black, dried fruit spiked with industrial chemicals, carcinogenic children's candy.
The Chinese government called up in August saying it had a possible solution. Husniah Rubiana Thamrin Akib, head of Indonesia's top food and drug safety agency, was pleased and welcomed her counterparts to her office.

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China wants to continue economic growth but o do so they will have to accept safety standards used by the rest of the world.

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Reply#1 - Thu Sep 6, 2007 9:44 PM EDT
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Looks like they've been even more lax with less developed countries. To continue trade with the US they will definitely have to do more inspections.

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    #1.1 - Thu Sep 6, 2007 9:56 PM EDT
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