China 'gaining fast' on US, warns Romney
- Published: 11 Oct 2012 at 08.49
- Online news: Asia
Mitt Romney on Wednesday warned that China was "gaining fast" on the United States and could become the world's top economy, but insisted American manufacturers will compete with China and win if fair trade prevails.
US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney waits to speak during a town hall meeting at Ariel Corporation in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Romney on Wednesday warned that China was "gaining fast" on the United States and could become the world's top economy, but insisted American manufacturers will compete with China and win if fair trade prevails.
China is "growing much faster than we are," Romney said in a hat tip to the Asian giant during a campaign stop in Ohio, a Midwestern state where manufacturing has suffered in recent decades.
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