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This Week on America’s Business…“America’s Business with Mike Hambrick” covers the high-impact issues of manufacturing this week, hearing from a leading Senator on taxes and a top magazine reporter on Chinese manufacturing, while we also pay tribute to those who fell and those who still fight.Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, responsible for taxes and trade. In far-reaching interview, he tells host Mike Hambrick that a $7.5 billion tax increase on foreign companies included in the House farm bill violates tax treaties, posing real problems for the Senate. Grassley also touches on tax treatment of oil companies and renewable fuels.Staying on the subject of taxes, this time corporate, Scott A. Hodge, president of the Tax Foundation, tells us that the United States is falling behind in global competitiveness.In the second half of an interview from Shanghai, Atlantic Magazine’s James Fallows talks about China’s pollution, purchase of U.S. debt and America controlling its own fate in manufacturing.As the anniversary nears of the terrorist mass murders of September 11, 2001, we join Assistant Secretary of Defense Allison Barber, who describes a tradition of pride, tribute and memory – Freedom Walk – honoring those who fell and the men and women who fight today to protect our nation.From “The Factory Floor” in Waverly, Nebraska, we hear from Daryl Chapelle, general manager of Lenco-PMC, a plastics manufacturer and the producer of audio cassettes in the United States. In our regular segments, the NAM’s Hank Cox recalls “The Way it Was,” and NAM President John Engler closes with “The Last Word.”

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This Week on America’s Business…”America’s Business with Mike Hambrick” bucks Washington’s annual August slowdown this week, bringing listeners the hot topics of China, Congress, energy and workforce skills. James Fallows is the national correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly, now living in Shanghai. His cover story, “China Makes, the World Takes,” in the July/August edition examines the momentous growth of Chinese manufacturing. In the first of a far-reaching two-part interview, Fallows talks with host Mike Hambrick about China, addressing the question: China — economic threat or benefit to the United States? With Congress on its August recess, we’ll hear from the Wall Street Journal’s “Potomac Watch” columnist Kimberly Strassel, looking at legislative action on labor, litigation and prescription drugs. Congress has also been busy on the energy front, passing bills that will dramatically increase the cost of electricity. Joining Mike to talk about one such measure – mandates that utilities use renewable fuels – is Tom Kuhn, president of the Edison Electric Institute. Summit Appliances and Felix Storch, Inc., a Bronx manufacturer of custom refrigeration units, has been hit hard by the lack of skilled employees. Company owner Paul Storch is on hand to explain his pro-active steps to bring workers’ skills levels up to par. We wrap our summer series on women in manufacturing with Karen Healy, vice president of corporate affairs and facilities at Delphi Automotive Systems, one of the leading women in the auto industry. In our regular segments, the NAM’s Hank Cox recalls “The Way it Was”; and NAM President John Engler closes with “The Last Word” highlighting the top states for business. Check out the America’s Business audio blog for show segments and more — including this week’s complete interview with James Fallows.

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A lecture by attorney, author, and founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Mikey Weinstein followed by a discussion with KPFK radio host, Ian Masters.

New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College

Jennifer Lind, Assistant Professor of Government, has done extensive research in the fields of Japanese and East Asian security policy and U.S. foreign and military policy. She has researched and written on the subject of historical memory in international relations and is the author of the forthcoming book Sorry States: Apologies in International Politics, due out in 2008 from Cornell University Press. In this installment of Views from the Green, Lind talks to Genevieve Haas about her findings on the subject of national apologies and discusses the not-so-obvious trade-offs between victims’ rights and domestic policy goals.

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This Week on America’s Business…Investment, invention and challenges from China top this week’s “America’s Business with Mike Hambrick,” as we also head to the races with ShopRats.org. In a last-minute addition to the farm bill, the House passed a $7.5 billion tax increase on foreign companies with business operations in the United States. Todd Malan of the Organization for International Investment joins Mike to detail how these taxes will discourage jobs-creating investment. Santokh Badesha has achieved a remarkable record at the Xerox Corp., recently receiving his 150th U.S. patent, with more to come. President Bush just honored Badesha and his Xerox colleagues at a White House ceremony for National Medal of Science and Technology recipients. Badesha joins Mike to explain where all this innovation and invention comes from. In a segment about facing challenges from China, “America’s Business” considers counterfeiting and quality. Fake Chinese products were threatening the reputation of Task Force Tips, a leading manufacturer of fire suppression equipment, as well as the safety of their customers. The company’s president, Stew McMillan, tells us how he fought back — successfully. And Paul Midler, founder and president of the supply-chain services company China Advantage, contemplates the Chinese practice of “quality fade,” boosting profits by cutting corners on quality.Shop Rats is a Michigan-based group that celebrates rolling up your sleeves and getting to work, encouraging young people toward careers in engineering, manufacturing and construction. Benefiting the group’s educational efforts Saturday, August 18th, is a “Manufacturers Day at the Races,” held in conjunction with the NASCAR Busch Series CARFAX 250 race at the Michigan International Speedway. Bringing us up to speed on Shop Rats’ activities is its founder, Chris Salow. In our regular segments, Renee Giachino of the American Justice Partnership reviews this week’s participants in U.S. tort battles; the NAM’s Hank Cox examines “The Way Things Were”; and NAM President John Engler closes with his “The Last Word” commentary.

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