[GraceG]

The thing is there is a Spectrum:

We are here:

PROTECTIONISM -——————————|-—GLOBALISM

We used to be here:

PROTECTIONISM -———————————|-GLOBALISM

Trump wants us here:

PROTECTIONISM ———————|—————GLOBALISM

The globalists don’t even want a rational balance they want full tilt globalism...

[Olog-hai]

The irony is that the globalists have to be one-sided protectionists themselves while championing so-called “free trade” for other countries they are targeting. As Marx put it, in a speech to the Democratic Association of Brussels in 1848:

“(I)n general, the protective system of our day is conservative, while the free trade system is destructive—it breaks up old nationalities and pushes the antagonism of the proletariat and the bourgeoisie to the extreme point. In a word, the free trade system hastens the social revolution. It is in this revolutionary sense alone, gentlemen, that I vote in favor of free trade.”

That is the plan the globalists are following, with the biggest target being the USA.

[cba123]

I (completely) agree.

100%.

There is not currently any protectionism by America.

However now we have a gigantic, protectionist behemoth making 90% of computers in the world, 80% of the air conditioners, 80% of the energy-saving lamps in the world, 74% of the solar panels, 70% of the cell phones, 60% of the cement, 50% of the pork, and 45% of world ship-building.

America needs to bring back US industries, to America.

America needs to be for America, once again.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3574082/posts#50

[who_would_fardels_bear]

I like your chart. Clear and simple.

[sargon]

Nice graph!