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The article offers finance news briefs as of April 11, 2014 on topics including the injection of money from China's central bank into China's banking system, CarVal Investors' stake in a class of preferred shares issued by the U.S. government-sponsored financial enterprise Freddie Mac, and the decline in average fixed mortgage rates in the U.S.

The article reports on the decision of U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to reframe their messages for Indiana and North Carolina, states that have made gains from free trade amid losses from other places. It notes that in the steel-producing region of northwest Indiana, Clinton and Obama blamed China for the decline of manufacturing jobs. According to Indiana's commerce secretary Nathan Feltman, the state is attempting to keep competitive with a combination of low taxes and an aggressive economic-development effort.

The article reports on the suggestion of U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for President George W. Bush not to attend the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. Clinton notes that the attendance of Bush will play down the human rights violations imposed on Tibet by the Chinese government. Clinton stresses that Bush should boycott the event while the Chinese government refuse to conduct major changes. Presidential candidate Barack Obama believes that the event is about bringing the world together.

The article reports on the debate between U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama against China. Obama is said to criticize the administration of former president Bill Clinton for acceding to lax safety standards when U.S. conferred permanent normal trade relations on China in 2000. Beijing was blasted by Clinton for its reluctance to raise the value of its currency against the dollar. It notes that both candidates have similar voting records on free trade.

The article deals with the safety Chinese export products. According to the author, the U.S. decided to ban shipments of farm-raised catfish, shrimp and other seafood that had high content of antibiotics and chemicals, adding to the list of recalled products that includes about 450,000 defective tires and 1.5 million toy-train parts with high lead content.

The article deals with the trade relations between the U.S. and China. The U.S. government hosted the 2007 Strategic Economic Dialogue discussing the relationship between the U.S. and China. China is currently the second-largest trading partner for the U.S. The U.S. government believes that if China allowed their currency to freely appreciate, that would help address the trade imbalance.