NOT since the 1980s, when the nation was in a spin about the coming of the Japanese, has there been such anxiety in America over foreign competition. The familiar concern that China is going to steal the country's remaining manufacturing jobs has been compounded by a newer fear: that Wall Street is losing its grip on the world's money. Bankers and politicians worry that business will drain away from America's capital markets to financial centres overseas, particularly London and Hong Kong.…
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