China isn't happy with the trade policies of the Obama Administration:

China on Friday accused the US of protectionist and biased trade policies less than a week before president Barack Obama’s first visit to Beijing.

In a stinging rebuke to Washington, China’s commerce ministry promised to take measures to protect its domestic industry after the US slapped anti-dumping duties on $2.6bn of Chinese steel pipe imports. The duties are part of a growing roster of trade conflicts between the two countries, despite a high-level meeting last week in China aimed at reducing tensions.

“China resolutely opposes such protectionist practices and will take steps to protect the interests of our domestic industries,” Yao Jian, ministry spokesman, said on its website.

“The US should give objective consideration to the fact that the fundamental problem of the US industries in question is the fall of demand brought about by the financial crisis.”

We don't need a trade war. We need free trade.

If you're looking for a good read on this topic, check out Mad About Trade: Why Main Street America should Embrace Globalization by Dan Griswold. I've been reading this book lately and it goes into so much detail as to why we need trade, not only to create better jobs but also because it's good for poor and middle class Americans. Despite all the rhetoric from labor interests, trade has led to an expansion of the middle class and helped them to prosper.