sethnintendo said:
Just realized I used NAFTA in that sentence. Glad you heard of that trade agreement. Right not free trade is being stalled in USA due to protectionism. I'm not really that supportive of free trade agreements myself but understand their needs to some type of agreement instead of trade wars/tariffs. Some things should be tariffed though like Chinese steel that they have been shitting on the market for the past couple of years. http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/18/news/us-steel-china-trade/ http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-steel-tariffs-create-a-double-edged-sword-1464740256 Second article argues that because of the tariffs the USA companies were allowed to raise their steel prices on their customers due to the Chinese steel finally being priced so high because of the tariffs. There are always issues when you get into trade. There always seems to be trade offs (I know it is a bad joke). |
Yeah. I'm positive towards free trade but it doesn't work if one partner complies but the opposition only does when it suits them.
Just like with immigration and all sorts of things, our politicians always demand from their own citizens to be the morally correct holier-than-Jesus-humans, no matter if we then end up taking it in the nuts. I hate that mentality.
You have to stay in contact with reality. If your competition don't always follow the rules then you have to adapt. We can't always take the morally superior but disadvantaged position. Fucking politicians treating us as slaves.
