The bilateral situation between our two countries was VERY, VERY different way back then.
Now it is becoming critical. It is ridiculous, how badly we are now sold out.
This issue is why you were elected, Mr. President.
This issue.
We should not have opened up to them as much as we did. You end up with Loral under Clinton. Then there’s the Bushies. Deep state. We pay the price. WE should have made alll those race deals with the Philippines. They like Americans. Call centers in India might help with the Chicoms and Pakistan but they only tolerate us.
One of the issues for sure, but far from being the only issue. Illegal immigration is another huge issue for many.
China started to steal American technology long before 1980. I was working for a firm manufacturing heavy machinery and we had a visitor team of 50 Chinese engineers in mid 1970’s for over a month. They only bought the engineering manuals and none of our manufactured products. The company was going through a low volume cycle, and the owner decided $25 Million (inflation adjusted) was easy money for handing over a bunch of manuals and paper drawings.
The Chinese have been planning the huge expansion of their manufacturing infrastructure for a long time.