In January 2000, President Bill Clinton boldly promised China’s inclusion in the World Trade Organization (WTO) “is a good deal for America. Our products will gain better access to China’s market, and every sector from agriculture, to telecommunications, to automobiles. But China gains no new market access to the United States.” None of what President Clinton promised came true. Since China joined the WTO, Americans have witnessed the closure of more than 50,000 factories and the loss of tens of millions of jobs. It was not a good deal for America then and it’s a bad deal now. It is a typical example of how politicians in Washington have failed our country.
...America has always been a trading nation. Under the Trump administration trade will flourish. However, for free trade to bring prosperity to America, it must also be fair trade. Our goal is not protectionism but accountability. America fully opened its markets to China but China has not reciprocated. Its Great Wall of Protectionism uses unlawful tariff and non-tariff barriers to keep American companies out of China and to tilt the playing field in their favor.
If you give American workers a level playing field, they will win. At its heart, this plan is a negotiating strategy to bring fairness to our trade with China. The results will be huge for American businesses and workers. Jobs and factories will stop moving offshore and instead stay here at home.
The Trump Plan Will Achieve The Following Goals:
3. Reclaim millions of American jobs and reviving American manufacturing by putting an end to China’s illegal export subsidies and lax labor and environmental standards. No more sweatshops or pollution havens stealing jobs from American workers.
[source : Reforming The U.S.-China Trade Relationship To Make America Great Again, Donald J Trump, https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/us-china-trade-reform, Accessed 5th September 2016]
Meanwhile, for at least the last 10 years he and his daughter have been profiting from those very trade deals by using those sweatshops with lax labor standards that he mentions in point 3. above.
Trump a patriot?
Pfffffft...
Can nobody in 'Murica make a shirt?
Can nobody in 'Murica make a dress?
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