The U.S.-China Strategic & Economic Dialogue gets underway in Washington today. Some coverage:

WaPo weighs in on the meeting.

NYT: Laura Tyson says the Yuan doesn’t impact our trade balance. She’s wrong.

WSJ: The U.S. will continue to press China to raise the value of its currency.

Reuters looks at the ‘irritants’ in the relationship.

BW: The U.S. will also ask China to raise interest rates.

BG: Should American troops be wearing American-made athletic footwear? Absolutely.

USAT: A look at the role manufacturing is playing in the fortunes of two Indiana cities.

WaPo: The rescue package for GM and Chrysler is working, says E.J. Dionne.

TD: Are we in a McJobs economy?

FT: The Financial Times looks inside the future of American manufacturing.

The Hill: Will high unemployment in battleground states spell trouble for Obama?

NYT: Beijing blames “foreigners” for all of its problems.

NYT: Paul Krugman rightly sticks it to the elites.

Bloomberg: German exports are way up. Wish we could say the same thing.

WSJ: Chinese wages are rising.

The Diplomat: China is building a lot of destroyers for its Navy.