Tell me again why we trade with the chicoms?
As American's we have sort of a "Free Market" tendency. So private companies, by default, can deal and trade with whomever they choose. It's only when laws are passed that do not allow the sale of good & services between certain parties are restrictions imposed.
In order to stop ALL trade with china, the USA would have to impose laws that forbid purchasing anything from China, like what we did with Cuba.
Because the shipping ports of LA, SF, SD, Portland and Seattle make a ton of money doing it.
“Tell me again why we trade with the chicoms?”
Because we didn’t stop the unions from driving out our own manufacturing