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Close enough for a so-called communist country that recently passed a law allowing private property ownership.

Don't forget the intangibles that go with trade. Do you really want China to become the next Soviet Union? Trade helps us by making China open up.

There are many American companies in China. They go there to make the products they sell them. Doesn't make sense to ship them, cost too much. So a company like, oh, Heinz has 57 (I think it's really 58 or 59 but the idiot press jumped on 57) of their 79 plants overseas. Mostly because it's easier to make ketchup to sell in China in China. Can you imagine the cost of shipping millions of bottles of ketchup from the U.S.? But they sell more ketchup which let's them grow and higher more sales people, IT people, admin people, etc.

Also the biggest barrier to our selling them goods is their income level. Once they raise it they'll start buying American made cars one day. And banking services and insurance services and will come visit increasing tourism.

So I think it's as free as it can be now...but will always change and grow.