Yes, I agree if we are arguing the whole anxiety about trade deficits.
What I am arguing is that China steals our technology, uses free prison labor, doesn’t have to meet the same quality standards as US firms, ect...
Meaning by cheating they have hollowed out US manufacturing. So I argue what we have with China is NOT free trade.
Everybody "steals" everybody's technology. The consumer wins.
uses free prison labor
Great idea. Why don't we do that? Our medieval prison system is in SUCH need of reform.
doesn’t have to meet the same quality standards as US firms
Buyers in the free market decide the standards of quality by voting with their money in their purchases.