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Here are Mitt Romney’s views, which I feel are terribly naive, but I know some of you will agree with Romney, and some of you won’t.

“Romney wants competition, partnership with China
By Jason Cato
TRIBUNE-REVIEW

Saturday, April 28, 2007

China, neither friend nor foe, will be a priority if former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is elected to the White House, the Republican candidate said Friday during a visit to Pittsburgh.
“They’re a competitor economically, and more power to them,” Romney said after a campaign meeting at the Duquesne Club, Downtown. “We know how to compete. We want to make sure the competition is fair and legal.”

Part of that challenge is to protect U.S. intellectual property rights in a country rife with counterfeiters and to persuade the Chinese government to implement a fair monetary policy.

Romney, 60, said he recently visited China and met with leaders there. Unlike the former Soviet Union, which he said wanted to destroy the United States, Romney believes China has a vested interest in a strong U.S. economy.

“China doesn’t want to bury us. They want to see us succeed and thrive so we can buy more Chinese products,” he said.
In addition, a healthy relationship with China would be critical to ensure one of Romney’s other top priorities: keeping nuclear weapons away from North Korea, Iran or terrorists.

“Making China a partner for stability in the world will be one of my highest priorities,” Romney said.”

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