Really, so we are the only country that has to follow the world trade rules? We are import tariffing now, by devaluing the dollar. So those jobs will all be coming back now? Trump mention that?
If it were as simple as just taxing the products we buy from overseas(when our prices are already skyrocketing) , one of the last three presidents would have done it. Didnt Obama make similar promises as Trump on this on trade? You think Obama doesnt know he needs US jobs to win re-election? Or Bush?
What is never mentioned is the drawbacks of doing that. Who is going to be the growing number of consumers the next 40-50 years?
What about automation and computers? Dont they kill certain US jobs?
Nope, it's all so simple.
Trump is lying to you. I know you want a target to blame, to believe all those evil presidents rig a system so they will have high unemployment in this country, that there is an easy fix some con man like Trump can just whip up like Moses parted the Red Seas. He is just making up stuff.
Think about what the US consumer trend will be in the next 20 years. Which way is it heading? Are we really the only one with no tariffs? Can China just raise tariffs at will? Can we really raise them without causing serious problems to ourselves? All of a sudden it's not easy.
China could simply appeal to the World Trade Organization, the international body charged with enforcing global trading rules, which could challenge the tax.
China could also respond by closing its increasingly important market to U.S. exporters, which would be a major blow to American jobs and manufacturing. China has become the No. 3 market for U.S. exporters, with sales jumping 31% from the previous year.
And that doesn't even count the goods being made in China by U.S. companies. General Motors sells more cars in China today than it does in the United States, for example
CNN Money: How Donald Trump's 25% tariff on China could start trade war
“BRUSSELS—The European Commission is prepared to bring a World Trade Organization case against China over its export credit policies, provided a European Union company lodges a justified complaint with the commission, E.U. trade chief Karel De Gucht said in a statement this week. Chinese export credits are a major source of anger among European companies, who complain that they give Chinese firms an unfair advantage when competing for business in global markets. The commission, the E.U.’s executive arm, has been examining whether China's policies violate WTO rules on government subsidies. “
APRIL 28, 2011 WSJ : EU May Push WTO China Complaint
Trump is lying when he says China can just raise tariffs on us and vice versa. He is projecting a simple world that doesnt exist.