U.S. lawmakers to press Obama on China auto parts [View all]
(Reuters) - Midwestern lawmakers and groups from the U.S. auto parts sector plan on Tuesday to urge President Barack Obama to take action to restrict imports of auto parts from China, a U.S. industry official said.
"I think all of us will be urging the administration to initiate a case or multiple cases," Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, which is holding a press conference on Tuesday with U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown and other lawmakers.
The event comes one week after Obama said his administration was launching a new initiative to crack down on unfair foreign trade practices in China and other countries around the world.
Obama, who has been criticized by some Republican presidential candidates for not being tough enough on Beijing, will host China's Vice President Xi Jinping, on February 14 at the White House. Xi is expected to become China's next leader.
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