With the Sino-US relations under great pressure over a host of issues, including the arms sales to Taiwan and the Obama-Dalai meeting, US President Barack Obama vowed on Feb. 3 to "get much tougher" with China on trade rules, including currency rates. What were his intentions? How would this affect the Sino-US relations?

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