| Soundwave said: He's an idiot on free trade in general. American companies have come out on top of free trade like Michael Phelps dominating the Olympics ... look at companies like Apple, Facebook, Nike, Coca-Cola, McDonalds, Disney, Microsoft, Exxon Mobil, these are some of the biggest companies in the world and they all rely heavily on the global market and they're all American. Free trade and countries working together to produce goods IMO in the overall scheme of things is a net positive because it prevents human stupidity (a natural flaw of our species) from drifting into stupid war mongering, like World War II (borne out of old European nationalist conflicts) or the Cold War which came to the brink of destroying human civilization perhaps. Greed while having unfortunate effects does have one powerful redeeming value -- it can create cooperation. A global connected world with globally connected markets that relies on each other is the best defence against another stupid World War. No one is willing to the start a war if it hurts their wallet. |
Some do come on top but free trade hurts the US when we keep having trading deficits with the rest of the world so Trump is on to something there ...
