[DeeOhGee]

...and believes in the thinking of David Ricardo and Adam Smith about comparative advantage and free trade maximizing consumer wealth...

Actually, Adam Smith promoted absolute advantage; Ricardo was comparative advantage.

[BlackKat]

I am not going to register with the NYT but the differences between the US and developing nations in Asia is not exactly news. I wonder if the article goes on to explain how the different economic outlooks are absolutely mutually exclusive?