[Hunterite]

“Hunter would be worthy of consideration if he’d advocate the overthrow, violent or otherwise, of the Red Chinese hegemonists and the unfettered elimination of the false “religion” of islam by the same methods. Otherwise, he’s just another politico who’ll submit to the powers-that-be in DC.”

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“Fair-trade” would accomplish the same thing.

Our “free-trade” with China has artificially propped up the Chinese economy, as soon as we throw on even a moderate tariff (righteous) on them, that Communist country would collapse like a wet paper bag.

BTW, some Republicans and Democrats are personally invested on Chinese cheap labor. They are called “Libertarian Rhetoricians.”

[cripplecreek]

We let Russia crush themselves under their own weight. China is a lot heavier and would fall a lot faster without us propping them up.

With fair trade China would have two choices. Deal with us on an level field or collapse as fewer and fewer American dollars bouy them up.

[1rudeboy]

You can look up the tariff-rate on Chinese products right here. You can argue that the tariffs should be higher, but you shouldn't use the term "free trade" (even in quotation marks), as it is generally understood to be the absence of tariffs altogether, or the "mirror" sort of tariffs that Duncan Hunter favors.

Frankly, adding x% of tariff will not make the Chinese economy collapse like a wet paper bag (what flavor of "rhetorician" is that, I wonder?), nor will it make the sourcing of products related to our national security more acceptable. Meaning that, adding x% to the price of an infected portable hard drive will not make it any less infected.