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Obama's speech a show of US hypocrisy

By Mike Bastin | China Daily | Updated: 2015-01-23 07:37

It's that time of year again, time for the State of the Union, the annual speech where the president of the United States proclaims the state of the union and outlines legislative priorities.

But did current US President Barak Obama really prioritise and then address one of the key issues facing the US, the troubled global economy? He did not.

President Obama kept us all waiting for any mention of the world economy and did not even refer to the Asia-Pacific region, the world's engine of growth, until about half way into his speech, when he said: "Today, our businesses export more than ever, and exporters tend to pay their workers higher wages. But as we speak, China wants to write the rules for the world's fastest-growing region. That would put our workers and businesses at a disadvantage. ... We should write those rules."

Obama's speech a show of US hypocrisy

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