CHINA IS A GLOBAL FACTORY don't be fooled by cheap
prices ,as the Chinese grow we lose our manufacturing
base and power to control our own way of life,in America and Europe ,1000,s of jobs are lost every week ,we need
to wake up to the problem NOW .FAIR TRADE NOT NO
TRADE .

george william taylor, HULL, UK

It's amazing how much of the Mandelson spin has entered the public psyche. I wonder how many people would question the idea that he's taken a "softly, softly" approach with China. On several occasions, he's managed to make himself look like a moderate by spinning up the China threat. But things look different when you try to filter out the spin. The obvious example is the idea that the EU textile industry was being "swamped by cheap Chinese imports". If you look closely at the actual trade figures, filtering out the transshipment of goods, you find that the growth in Chinese garment exports to the EU was decidedly slow. Another example is the shoe duties, where the EU's "compelling evidence" turns out to be an investigation which found that just one of the 13 factories they investigated had received a subsidised loan.
Now the spin has come back to bite him. The likes of Sarkozy are pushing him to be even more protectionist and he'd got nothing to bring to the negotiating table.

Tim Wilson, Cheltenham, UK

The Chinese did not "naturally" evolve into a leading exporter.

Mary Catherine, Elmhurst, US

Good Luck Mr.Bo Xilai,
European full export potential is not being hampered in the Chinese market, at all,some is simply no good!
Don't give in to Peter Mandelson,better aske him why he was kicked out of Blairs government, this man is a discrase for Europe and should not speak in the good name of European people,specially not for Germany!!!
They can't prevent movies or music being copied or downloaded themselvs in there own countries,its easier to blame China and party all night,don't work,inflate Housprices,live of the increase in Equity and cheat the rest of your hard working people in China.Soon here in China we will produce the best quality products worldwide,due to the better edjucation thanks to you,and we can choose to whome we want to sell,soon they will beg Chinese companies for there best and exelent products and services.
In some cases they do it already.

ewald widiner, Shanghai, China

This is the chap who brought us the Dome. I remember a TV documentary around it, largely featuring Mandy and the many meetings held prior and during its construction, where he "enjoyed making decisions". I wish they'd repeat it so that we could have our appreciation of the chap refreshed.

He has absolutely no experience of (or aptitude for) running a business & I think the Chinese know this. Who on earth is he to make demands of anybody, let alone a nation that has achieved a most remarkable transformation? He should stick to getting visas fast tracked and enjoying the privileges of the Euro trough.

Ray, Dartmouth,

Absolute nonsense as usual from Mandelson and the EU in general. Cheap Chinese imports/labour are supporting his (and my) lifestyle and property values. If the EU are to mess with this - beware, you are warned. Watch your interest rates leap to the 8% or so they deserve to be at. Just let the Chinese evovle into a consumer society as we have -over time, let it happen 'naturally' you can't mess with the market anyway with short term palliatives to appease certain sections of you electorate.

victor, Malaga, Spain

China and Russia have the EU over a barrel. China takes all those factories so Europeans can be green and sit around debating the environment and importing manufactured goods. The Russians provide the energy raw material so noone has to bother with power stations in Europe.

To save time on babies Europeans import them rather than make their own.

Europe is the epitome of "civilisation" as embodied in The Glass Bead Game - all talk, no action and condescending superiority towards those who make and export.

China miht as well tell the EU to run along and to stop using raw materials China needs on her upward path to global hegemony

TomTom, Leeds, England

China and Russia have the EU over a barrel. China takes all those factories so Europeans can be green and sit around debating the environment and importing manufactured goods. The Russians provide the energy raw material so noone has to bother with power stations in Europe.

To save time on babies Europeans import them rather than make their own.

Europe is the epitome of "civilisation" as embodied in The Glass Bead Game - all talk, no action and condescending superiority towards those who make and export.

China miht as well tell the EU to run along and to stop using raw materials China needs on her upward path to global hegemony

TomTom, Leeds, England