China systematically stole U.S. industries .
china manipulated currency, used many unfair trade barriers etc. to steal and destroy U.S. factories,industries, wealth, Technology and manufacturing capability
In the last 30 years China has done the greatest theft in world history stealing most of the U.S.A's technology, patents, industries , markets,wealth, factories.
The USA is now a 3rd world country 20 tillion in debt because of you and Barack Obama who you agree with.
After ww2 the USA was on top of the world . Most of Asia and Europe were in ruins. Africa etc. were in the stone age . Most of the world was in the stone Age. Japan and China and U.S. politicians stole all the wealth of the USA which is why the USA is in debt for 20 tillion dollars and most of it to Japan and China.
30 years ago there was nothing in China . The USA built China where we could have built on top of what we had.
The USA doesn't have to trade with China. The USA can have free trade between states , cities ,companies individuals inside the USA. America first.
China has been waging an economic war against the USA for 30 plus years. Just as those don't see that Islam has also don't see that. America first . Fortress America.
https://nationaleconomicseditorial.com/2016/12/03/chinas-trade-war-against-america/
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/07/trump-china-greatest-theft-world-history/
Tariffs do nothing to make American industry more competitive, which is the core issue here.
Tariffs penalize and are a tax on the American consumer and lower our standard of living. Tariffs are a palliative, not a curative, measure having the appearance of fixing something, but as with most government programs, actually make matters worse. Tariffs are like shooting yourself in the foot because the other guy shot himself in the foot.
In the meantime the economic confusion around the world including China drives stupid things like currency manipulation which changes nothing as far the as the value of a product, it just confuses the measure of that value. A company that undercuts its prices to win more customers at some point will have to stop or go under. Likewise, countries like China cannot sustain such stupid currency manipulation as a substitute for substantive competitive products.
There’s so much confusion surrounding this subject like the idea that per se, somehow imports are “bad” and exports are “good”. What stupid thinking.
The REAL cause of industry fleeing our country is GOVERNMENT in the form of high taxes, unconstitutional suffocating regulations, unconstitutional forced business-killing minimum wage, unconstitutional competitive-killing subsidies (bribes), and unconstitutional union protection. Tariffs fix none of those things. But doing away with those things fixes the problem allowing our industries and economy to take off, grow, and prosper mightily.
I agree. This is mostly or all about China. Thank You very much Richard Nixon - you big state buffoon.