[Sunnyflorida]

If I start a business why can I not start it in Asia? I have a friend that did this very thing. He started a software company and found the best programmers at the best rate in India and he moved the whole business to Singapore. There is no corporate income tax and personal income tax is 15% FLAT.

If you want jobs in the US just adopt the tax policies of our adversaries. He also said his top programmers are beginning to cost as much as Americans but the regulations and tax policies are too punishing in the US to bring it inshore. This business will remain offshore. The overhead including a taxes is just too much. He is not about to hire an EEOC compliance officer :)

[Paul Ross]

If you want jobs in the US just adopt the tax policies of our adversaries.

Unfortunately, there are a bunch of self-styled free traders who say it can't be done. Or worse still...shouldn't be done.

[Paul Ross]

BTW: China tariff schedules information can be perused, in the following websites:

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation:

China Council for the Promotion of International Trade:

Many tariffs are at between 9 & 10% but for the industries China is still aggressively pursuing dominance in, expect far higher...blowing off their obligations under the bylaws of the WTO.