We have a pretty crappy record regarding our ability to stick with our end of a trade agreement's terms so perhaps we should remove the timber from our own eye here. We also do our fair share of subsidization.
Who should be making us more competitive, government? How about ourselves and our country's own business owners. I do not trust an economy in the sole hands of the government...government does nothing with efficiency in mind.
If you believe we are a democracy, the people are the government. IE demanding a NRST is a start.
You haven't answered my question in #140 yet.