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This explains why the Bush administration , keen to promote free trade and open more foreign markets for US corporations , is resisting calls from Congress for greater protectionism against China even as US manufacturers complain of the influx of Chinese goods and products . US exports of computers , electrical equipment and other electronic products to China increased by 20 % between 2002 and 2003 , topping $ 7 billion . Washington says that two-thirds of all the counterfeit goods seized by US Customs officials come from China , and that some 90 % of the software sold within China is pirated . In August 1983 , the Administrator extended an invitation to all licensed property and casualty insurance companies to participate in the WYO , and as of October 1988 , over 200 insurance companies had signed arrangements with FIA to sell and service flood insurance under their own names . Pakistan takes to the world stageBy Syed Saleem Shahzad KARACHI - Despite the bad international press it receives for some of its policies , Pakistan remains an integral part of the US-led " war on terror " , and Islamabad is increasingly taking a more active role on the world stage in promoting " enlightened moderation " as the best way to counter extremism and terrorism . Russia and China have been highlighting the SCO as the cornerstone of regional security and the major force in regional politics , seemingly implying that the organization was supposed to come as a counterbalance to growing US influence in the region . Therefore , at a maximum , they can only take about 80,000 barrels to China . The Nobel award to ElBaradei is likely to increase his margin of independence and maneuverability - particularly with respect to the pressure applied by the US and to a lesser extent by the European Union - to commit the IAEA to take the next logical step and refer Iran to the UN Security Council . Bush 's pro-outsourcing and pro-business stance goes down well with India Inc. Delhi as " historic " , is by no means a done deal . Brothers in arms againBy Elizabeth Wishnick For the first time , China and Russia are holding joint military exercises , from August 18-25 , on the Jiaodong peninsula in China 's Shandong province and in the Yellow Sea , involving 10,000 troops and an array of modern military technology .