December 11, 2007 - U.S. lawmakers for sanctions if Beijing fails to ease currency controls they believe contributes to China's bulging trade gap. The European Union has also pressed China for action on its currency. U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is leading a team of American officials in Beijing for talks Tuesday with the one-day meeting of the China-U.S. Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade that deals with near-term regulatory and legal issues. That is followed Wednesday and Thursday...