U.S. lawmakers to press Obama on China auto parts

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(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.

full: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/31/us-usa-china-autos-idUSTRE80U1BK20120131

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1. "Counterfit" parts have been around for decades

And some offshore producers have not a qualm about reproducing OEM or name brand packaging, or making the parts themselves out of gumwrappers, beer cans, and old shoes.
Many of these are sold as "will fit", "white box" or "universal" parts, to low end repair shops and shady parts stores. Sometimes they work OK, kinda.. but if you haul big loads, or drive in crazy traffic, they may fail at the worst time - or last 6 weeks.

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