U.S. Could Ban Some China Exporters

BEIJING -- U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt confirmed that the U.S. will bar Chinese companies that don't meet product-quality certification standards from the U.S. market.

Mr. Leavitt said regulators can't possibly inspect the $2 trillion of goods the U.S. will likely import this year as supply chains become more global. Instead, he said, companies and countries need ...