{"id":34735,"date":"2009-02-26T13:16:02","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T20:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=34735"},"modified":"2009-02-26T13:16:02","modified_gmt":"2009-02-26T20:16:02","slug":"locke%e2%80%99s-china-deals-for-microsoft-boeing-may-draw-scrutiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/02\/locke%e2%80%99s-china-deals-for-microsoft-boeing-may-draw-scrutiny\/","title":{"rendered":"Locke\u2019s China Deals for Microsoft, Boeing May Draw Scrutiny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Locke&#8217;s role in coordinating business deals during President Hu Jintao&#8217;s visit to Washington State may prove to be a stumbling block in his Senate confirmation hearing, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601087&#038;sid=aoVCORLkqr7g&#038;refer=home\">Bloomberg reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nBefore Hu arrived, China agreed to require computer makers to load legal software on new machines, a key to unlocking the $3 billion market to the maker of Windows software. Days later, Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft announced plans to invest $3.7 billion in China.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, when he was governor of Washington state, Locke, now 59, helped lumber-company Weyerhaeuser Co. and aircraft maker Boeing Co. win business with China. As he seeks the new post, and as secretary should he be confirmed, Locke may find his deals seen in a different light by lawmakers, unions and U.S. factory owners who say trading with China poses more peril than promise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLocke understands the benefits of trade up close and personal,\u201d said Christopher Padilla, a former undersecretary of commerce and a managing director of C&#038;M International, a trade and investment consulting firm in Washington. \u201cBut the question will be how he reacts to the enormous protectionist pressures he will face.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Locke&#8217;s role in coordinating business deals during President Hu Jintao&#8217;s visit to Washington State may prove to be a stumbling block in his Senate confirmation hearing, Bloomberg reports: Before Hu arrived, China agreed to require computer makers to load legal software on new machines, a key to unlocking the $3 billion market to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[116,2],"tags":[5883,7774,55,5812],"class_list":["post-34735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","category-economy","tag-boeing","tag-gary-locke","tag-microsoft","tag-us-trade","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Locke\u2019s China Deals for Microsoft, Boeing May Draw Scrutiny<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/02\/locke\u2019s-china-deals-for-microsoft-boeing-may-draw-scrutiny\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Locke\u2019s China Deals for Microsoft, Boeing May Draw Scrutiny\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gary Locke&#8217;s role in coordinating business deals during President Hu Jintao&#8217;s visit to Washington State may prove to be a stumbling block in his Senate confirmation hearing, Bloomberg reports: Before Hu arrived, China agreed to require computer makers to load legal software on new machines, a key to unlocking the $3 billion market to the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/02\/locke\u2019s-china-deals-for-microsoft-boeing-may-draw-scrutiny\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"China Digital Times (CDT)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-02-26T20:16:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"186\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"177\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sophie Beach\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cdt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cdt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sophie Beach\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/02\/locke%e2%80%99s-china-deals-for-microsoft-boeing-may-draw-scrutiny\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/02\/locke%e2%80%99s-china-deals-for-microsoft-boeing-may-draw-scrutiny\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sophie Beach\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/7f19e31b674d57a7dc20aab8e908c663\"},\"headline\":\"Locke\u2019s China Deals for Microsoft, Boeing May Draw Scrutiny\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-02-26T20:16:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-02-26T20:16:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/02\/locke%e2%80%99s-china-deals-for-microsoft-boeing-may-draw-scrutiny\/\"},\"wordCount\":194,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Boeing\",\"Gary Locke\",\"Microsoft\",\"U.S. trade\"],\"articleSection\":[\"China &amp; 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