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Lawmakers and union groups are urging president obama to restrict imports of auto parts from china. their claim, china's exports of auto parts which have jumped during the past decade are driven by illegal chinese government subsidies. the manufacturing belt of the midwest is at risk unless something is done and it is on the desk of the president. i'm joined tonight by leo gerard, international president of the steel workers. good to have you with us tonight. the steel workers, i understand, have filed a petition against these chinese trade policies. tell us about it. where are we right now? >...

Restrict imports of auto parts from china. their claim? china's exports of auto parts which have jumped during the past decade are driven by illegal chinese government subsidies. the manufacturing belt of the midwest is at risk unless something is done and it's on the desk of the president. i'm joined tonight by leo gerard, international president of the steelworkers. good to have you with us tonight. the steelworkers, i understand, have filed a petition against these chinese trade policies. tell us about it. where are we right now? >> well, let me say first, ed, that i want to reiterate your ...

The one and our union have to be the one to bring a trade case on that? our congress should do it, our senate should do it. >> i don't know why they don't do something about it. these numbers are staggering. every time we have some kind of an improvement it seems like china responds to cheat even more than they have been, or am i wrong on that? >> no, you're absolutely right on that. look it, we bought a 421 case on tires, and all the pundits said armageddon was going to hit. armageddon didn't hit because we proved they were cheating. in fact, almost every major tire company in the united stat...