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Profile: Democratic candidate Barack Obama
Profile: GOP candidate Mitt Romney
- Major accusations against China
- Currency manipulator
- US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney repeated his pledge to declare China a "currency manipulator" if elected.
- Unfair exchange rates
- Romney asserted that Apple gadgets are made in China because of unfair exchange rates, and he believes that manufacturing jobs will return to America as long as the playing field is level.
- Intellectual property right
- Romney has voiced strong policy measures designed to challenge China on economic issues, such as intellectual property rights and currency liquidation.
Chinese FM blast U.S. blame over China
In the last of three rounds of U.S. presidential debate, both candidates framed China as a partner for the first time, offering a speck of belated comfort as the country had been portrayed as a monetary cheat and a job thief in their previous face-offs.
Key events, dates in 2012 U.S. presidential election
