[investigateworld]

"We can use the threat of tariffs as effectively as we can the threat of military reprisal to achieve much of the same objectives."

One. We don't have the b*lls to do that and everyone knows it.
Two. The "K" Street gangs in D. C. would never allow it.
Three. That Chinese general who mentioned nuking L. A. has been monitored career wise and he's doing very well.
Four. Free Trade raises all ships, but the majority of those ships have a yellow hammer and sickle and a sprinkling of yellow stars.
Five. We're now jammed into a situation where we have to do even more trade deals to try and contain China, (Sorta like creating another monster to contain Dr. Frankenstein's baby.) And most of all, why did Congress have to rewrite all the bankruptcy laws if things are going so swell?

[DeeOhGee]

Four. Free Trade raises all ships, but the majority of those ships have a yellow hammer and sickle and a sprinkling of yellow stars.

Actually, "free trade" as practiced in the CAFTA/NAFTA world only levels all ships. That means those that are up (the US) naturally go down, and those that are down (everyone else) go up.