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Originally Posted by donquixote99
I'm for American jobs, first of all. But how can you be for "fair recipriocal trade agreements' and say there is something unfair about how we trade with China? It's 'most favored nation status,' as free as it gets this side of 'super-free-trade,' like NAFTA.
I guess you think it should be less free. Exactly what sort of restrictions do you favor? Serious question. Like i say, I'm all for American jobs.
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America is trading fairly (basically). The Chinese are not. The Chinese market is effectively closed to US goods. The US market is certainly not closed to China.
For example, before GM was allowed to sell the Volt in China, they had to share the Voltec technology with a Chinese company. GM rightly told them to go and pound salt, and now the Volt is basically dead in the Chinese market.
To be honest, I liked Tom Clancy's approach. Make US trade laws mirror those of whatever country they are trading with. The ultimate in fair trade!