And every bit of that is tech that was developed here and either sold to them illegally, stolen by them, or was part of the mandatory “tech transfers” that were part of the old trade deal.
But here’s the point, the U.S. has stopped being competitive—it let all its industry and technology get hollowed out and exported to China and other parts of Asia, and now everything is falling apart in the U.S.
For example, no one will tell you that the entertainment industry in Hollywood is sucking wind big time. All it can manage is one remake after another of old movies. Why? Because both Korea and China made the decision to try steal the world’s mass entertainment away from the U.S. and they have been largely successful. You want to watch a good, entertaining, imaginative TV show or movie? Then watch something Korean or Chinese—they are so much better made than anything in the U.S. now.