World trade isn't a zero sum game, where we lose if they win (this is the old mercantilist fallacy, committed by governments even today). When the US unemployment is 5%, income tax receipts are up $90 billion, and GNP growth approaching 4% the trade defect is clearly not a problem. All those dollars will have to come back some day (you can only really spend them here), and in the mean time our dollars help to add liquidity to the international market place. The people who complain about jobs going overseas, are complaining about nothing with 5% unemployment anyone who wants to work can find a job here now. So what if other nations do well, our success is enhanced by success elsewhere. Are we like the French, that we need others to do poorly so we can feel like we're doing better than them.