therealcaptobvious (December 2nd, 2008 @ 6:56 am)

idealistically you're right. Every other country managed to come to a zero sum balance or a lot closer, except for China. The Chinese needs to lower barriers to U.S. exports. And we need to counterfeit our goods. Microsoft did good.

therealcaptobvious (December 2nd, 2008 @ 6:54 am)

thank you for posting this. It really needs more attention. Looking at the wealth inequality, 95% of all Americans own less than 1% of it's wealth. The trade with Japan was bad enough, spawned by anti-competative practices. However, this thing with China was out of control. It's us, our corporations were allowed to run freely with greed. NAFTA with China is HORRIBLE. They counterfeit everything and we have to compete with Australia for asian consumers.

ponokillahz (November 24th, 2008 @ 7:17 pm)

cant trust da government period

rlsage (August 15th, 2008 @ 4:31 am)

me china you no work. me make what you need. you flip burger.

KARStarla (August 7th, 2008 @ 3:22 am)

I dont even understand why we need to go to the UN but I'm not saying I trust FDA. WTO kills every country is makes policies with

fmflores2000 (July 31st, 2008 @ 10:39 am)

WTO/Outsourcing is EVIL! Rich people dump their manufacturing in China damnit!!!! even my keyboard is made in china!

TCCTV (May 26th, 2008 @ 6:08 pm)

Let's give thanks to our brave soldiers who gave their life to secure and preserve our independence, freedom & independence. Independence, freedom (and prosperity) are linked; and the NAU, NAFTA, WTO & other policies which make America dependent on dictatorships like China & oil-producing countries are among the greatest threats to our independence, freedom & prosperity. Open borders also destroy our independence, freedom & prosperity. Let's resolve to stop these threats, take action now!

mujaku (May 4th, 2008 @ 2:37 am)

Although late-twentiethcentury Republican presidents, like Ronald Reagan and George Herbert Walker Bush, embraced "free trade" with enthusiasm, the GOP once had a different opinion. Republican presidents -- from Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover -- proudly declared themselves "protectionists" and dismissed Democratic opponents as "English free traders." Free trade, they said, led to low wages and "ruin."

mujaku (May 4th, 2008 @ 2:08 am)

"I do not know much about the tariff, but I know this much, when we buy manufactured goods abroad, we get the goods and the foreigner gets the money. When we buy the manufactured goods at home, we get both the goods and the money." — Abraham Lincoln

Userduder (April 19th, 2008 @ 1:05 pm)

Libertarians (free traders) claim to be conservative. I'm not a conservative, I'm a Republican. So don't call me a conservative again if I have to be lumped in with the lunatic free trader Libertarians.

TCCTV (April 15th, 2008 @ 10:45 pm)

NAFTA, WTO and other trade treaties have placed every job in America in danger. Our middle class jobs are forced into direct competition with sweatshop and prison labor in China and 3rd world countries. No job can ever compete with sweatshop/prison labor and the complete lack of health, safety and pollution laws in China and the 3rd world. Urge Congress and all candidates to scrap WTO & NAFTA, and rebuild American manufacturing and jobs before the recession turns into a depression.

LuciusBrutus (April 15th, 2008 @ 10:15 pm)

You don't trade with someone who doesn't trade with you. The concept of a balance of trade was thrown out the window because of Wall Street. This amounted to market arbitrage for the short term profits of Wall Street.