Posted on 10/13/2007 8:28:25 AM PDT by ckilmer
Bush: Protectionism will cost U.S. jobs
By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 10 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Alarmed by slipping support for free trade even among Republicans, President Bush is arguing that protectionism will cut Americans out of chances for more and better jobs.
Bush has launched a blitz on behalf of pending free trade pacts with four nations. He continued the push Saturday in his weekly radio address.
"More exports support better and higher-paying jobs," the president said. "And to keep our economy expanding, we need to keep expanding trade."
His radio address followed a speech on trade he delivered Friday in Miami. Bush also granted interviews this week to business-oriented news organizations.
Since Democrats took control of Congress in January, it has not approved any free trade agreements that the administration has negotiated, and it has allowed Bush's authority to negotiate future deals under expedited procedures to expire.
Before lawmakers now are agreements with Peru and Panama, considered likely to pass, and with Colombia and South Korea, both seen as precarious. The deal with Colombia is in trouble over human rights issues and there is strong opposition to the South Korea agreement because of barriers erected by Seoul to keep out U.S. autos and beef.
The administration already has reached agreement with Democrats to include tougher language on protecting worker rights and the environment. But critics say five consecutive years of record U.S. trade deficits have played a major role in the loss of more than 3 million manufacturing jobs since Bush took office in 2001.
"I know many Americans feel uneasy about new competition and worry that trade will cost jobs," Bush said. "So the federal government is providing substantial funding for trade adjustment assistance that helps Americans make the transition from one job to the next. We are working to improve federal job-training programs. And we are providing strong support for America's community colleges, where people of any age can go to learn new skills for a better, high-paying career."
He said the deals would level the playing field for American businesses and farmers, many of which now face high tariffs on exported products while other countries enjoy relatively open access to U.S. markets. And he argued that freer trade with allies serves "America's security and moral interests" around the globe.
"Expanding trade will help our economy grow," Bush said. "So I call on Congress to act quickly and get these agreements to my desk."
After spending Friday in Florida talking trade and raising money for the Republican Party, Bush flew to Texas for a weekend stay at his ranch. He travels Monday to Rogers, Ark., for a speech on the budget and to Memphis to raise money to help Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., in his re-election bid. The president returns to Washington Monday evening.
Even better, we are ahead of the export pace from the same year-to-date figures in 2006: currently, we are at $753.4 billion as of August, 2007; last year, as of August, 2006, we were at $675.7 billion. That augurs well for this being another record year for exporting goods. That's a strong increase of 11.5% over last year at this time.
Also, imports are not up by the same percentage; the year-to-date figure for the import of goods as of August, 2007, was $1,272.6 billion; imports for the same period in 2006 were $1,227.2. That's an increase of only 3.7% for imported goods.
“So the federal government is providing substantial funding for trade adjustment assistance that helps Americans make the transition from one job to the next. We are working to improve federal job-training programs. And we are providing strong support for America’s community colleges, where people of any age can go to learn new skills for a better, high-paying career.”better, high-paying career.”
They’ve been throwing that line of nonsense around for about twenty years now. Just what percentage of displaced manufacturing workers do they claim to have retrained and put in a, “better, high-paying career.”
Do they have some reliable stats on that?
The man is a blathering fool. NONE of the candidates running on the Republican ticket want to be tied with this national embarrassment.
I expected that most would be able to understand the idea that if someone shows they do not have the sense or desire to use a prophylactic with a next door neighbor then it's likely they will have failings when dealing with anyone else anywhere else.
Again, my mistake. I admit it. I did not consider the obtuse reader.
“So he brought-up illegal immigration by accident? Please help him out.”
His #11 was a spoof about US citizens treating Mexico the same way Mexican illegals treat the US, and the unlikelihood (more like impossibility) that any other nation would be up with the nonsense the US puts up with. A twist on leveling the playing field. No relation to trade with South Korea.
Been talking to a neighbor from Belize.
She says they don’t care for Nafta or these other treaties because their small country has no Niche market other then unspoiled nature.
No auto industry, no dairy or banana or coffee or marijuana that’s better then anyone else so they don’t care to compete like our cattle or wheat industries. (I use these industries only as an example). But they are not for Equal trade and too have high tariffs.
You are correct in that it was supposed to create middle classes the world over who in turn would purchase our goods, food stuffs, weapons.
Most can’t afford (or we don’t want to have) our weapons but we do sell a lot.
Why is that I'm always the last to find this stuff out?
Nor did you consider that your comment itself was obtuse, and that I was happy to point it out to you.
U.S. Exports to World (Total)
|
End-Use Code | Value 2002 | Value 2003 | Value 2004 | Value 2005 | Value 2006 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(00000) Wheat | 3,771,920 | 4,002,455 | 5,191,779 | 4,416,027 | 4,277,103 |
(00010) Rice | 832,936 | 1,077,760 | 1,223,738 | 1,337,714 | 1,355,253 |
(00100) Soybeans | 5,806,179 | 8,047,048 | 6,894,715 | 6,626,555 | 7,275,892 |
(00110) Oilseeds, food oils | 1,317,380 | 1,419,363 | 1,273,706 | 1,190,935 | 1,317,680 |
(00200) Corn | 5,784,028 | 5,750,589 | 6,926,461 | 5,824,420 | 8,269,286 |
(00210) Sorghum, barley, oats | 674,758 | 677,489 | 611,091 | 628,355 | 685,877 |
(00220) Animal feeds, n.e.c. | 3,298,763 | 3,297,751 | 3,115,922 | 3,387,722 | 3,804,049 |
(00300) Meat, poultry, etc. | 7,002,732 | 7,873,236 | 5,671,895 | 7,206,280 | 7,862,701 |
(00310) Dairy products and eggs | 714,816 | 744,458 | 1,167,111 | 1,299,418 | 1,491,898 |
(00320) Fruits, frozen juices | 4,038,150 | 4,295,114 | 4,533,462 | 4,996,914 | 5,561,085 |
(00330) Vegetables | 2,900,539 | 2,965,801 | 3,189,490 | 3,509,842 | 3,846,197 |
(00340) Nuts | 1,657,332 | 1,891,211 | 2,365,554 | 3,043,642 | 3,227,156 |
(00350) Bakery products | 2,020,889 | 2,255,755 | 2,467,241 | 2,696,155 | 3,003,394 |
(00360) Other foods | 4,482,548 | 4,906,768 | 5,340,365 | 5,872,533 | 6,584,793 |
(00370) Wine and related products | 726,766 | 817,565 | 984,623 | 912,592 | 1,093,913 |
(01000) Fish and shellfish | 3,197,235 | 3,363,283 | 3,823,237 | 4,207,720 | 4,350,247 |
(01010) Alcoholic beverages, excluding wine | 627,135 | 681,029 | 777,286 | 821,174 | 958,040 |
(01020) Nonagricultural foods, etc. | 761,472 | 959,336 | 1,011,988 | 977,358 | 1,044,079 |
(10000) Cotton, raw | 2,066,878 | 3,388,982 | 4,279,556 | 3,933,122 | 4,514,984 |
(10100) Tobacco, unmanufactured | 1,058,963 | 1,025,809 | 1,041,246 | 983,722 | 1,133,905 |
(10120) Hides and skins | 1,751,470 | 1,793,603 | 1,757,782 | 1,787,883 | 2,054,917 |
(10130) Agric. industry-unmanufactured | 1,173,376 | 1,255,510 | 1,468,907 | 1,401,808 | 1,575,829 |
(10140) Agric. farming-unmanufactured | 1,544,415 | 1,731,381 | 1,610,260 | 1,833,043 | 1,849,933 |
(10150) Agriculture-manufactured, other | 1,617,726 | 1,377,403 | 1,510,523 | 1,651,371 | 1,734,142 |
(11010) Metallurgical grade coal | 1,024,080 | 1,014,289 | 1,760,238 | 2,385,524 | 2,559,063 |
(11020) Coal and fuels, other | 898,318 | 788,371 | 1,206,042 | 1,329,221 | 1,331,295 |
(11100) Crude oil | 87,556 | 128,282 | 308,194 | 551,652 | 567,008 |
(11110) Fuel oil | 2,583,998 | 3,117,433 | 4,353,770 | 6,932,607 | 12,070,290 |
(11120) Petroleum products, other | 6,978,589 | 8,633,021 | 11,583,088 | 14,104,621 | 17,347,478 |
(11130) Natural gas liquids | 687,884 | 814,265 | 836,838 | 1,075,494 | 1,625,140 |
(11200) Gas-natural | 995,442 | 1,399,765 | 2,125,663 | 3,109,833 | 2,243,303 |
(11300) Nuclear fuel materials | 1,510,512 | 1,570,651 | 1,631,283 | 1,619,190 | 1,827,438 |
(11400) Electric energy | 303,047 | 755,696 | 828,855 | 1,046,509 | 1,051,985 |
(12000) Steelmaking materials | 1,863,503 | 2,607,012 | 4,014,104 | 5,991,623 | 6,838,801 |
(12100) Iron and steel mill products | 3,219,083 | 4,176,506 | 5,208,393 | 6,917,987 | 7,283,742 |
(12110) Iron and steel products, other | 2,768,597 | 2,905,047 | 3,636,622 | 4,351,229 | 5,155,405 |
(12200) Aluminum and alumina | 2,947,824 | 3,032,119 | 3,992,337 | 5,191,121 | 7,292,147 |
(12210) Copper | 1,112,520 | 1,510,815 | 2,002,919 | 2,356,484 | 4,699,934 |
(12260) Nonmonetary gold | 3,356,634 | 4,790,354 | 4,449,217 | 5,548,806 | 8,755,920 |
(12270) Precious metals, other | 2,560,780 | 2,144,607 | 2,758,099 | 3,175,711 | 7,041,621 |
(12290) Nonferrous metals, other | 2,148,428 | 2,464,242 | 3,053,412 | 4,523,315 | 6,609,065 |
(12300) Finished metal shapes | 8,728,448 | 8,948,222 | 9,964,894 | 11,405,809 | 13,932,951 |
(12420) Pulpwood and woodpulp | 4,051,462 | 4,259,100 | 4,696,567 | 5,272,294 | 5,903,241 |
(12430) Newsprint | 8,160,275 | 8,554,129 | 9,274,785 | 9,862,581 | 10,556,635 |
(12500) Plastic materials | 14,104,243 | 15,407,108 | 21,656,550 | 24,793,298 | 27,873,376 |
(12510) Chemicals-fertilizers | 3,924,528 | 4,105,064 | 4,744,018 | 5,197,329 | 5,280,861 |
(12530) Chemicals-inorganic | 3,929,179 | 3,930,315 | 4,423,922 | 5,880,332 | 6,663,746 |
(12540) Chemicals-organic | 14,631,857 | 17,633,336 | 22,187,353 | 23,377,062 | 26,971,487 |
(12550) Chemicals-other | 13,238,295 | 14,443,025 | 15,609,108 | 16,721,139 | 18,521,381 |
(12600) Cotton fiber cloth | 2,728,651 | 2,788,335 | 3,264,766 | 3,232,897 | 3,132,042 |
(12620) Manmade cloth | 4,894,813 | 5,048,515 | 5,550,833 | 5,686,350 | 5,765,167 |
(12630) Hair, waste materials | 429,684 | 447,027 | 493,439 | 483,543 | 552,150 |
(12640) Finished textile supplies | 2,248,350 | 2,196,564 | 2,321,442 | 2,377,417 | 2,541,374 |
(12650) Leather and furs | 840,316 | 866,753 | 1,193,579 | 1,095,540 | 1,051,998 |
(12700) Synthetic rubber-primary | 1,675,484 | 1,852,549 | 2,218,021 | 2,694,877 | 3,185,546 |
(12720) Nonmetallic minerals | 416,415 | 427,349 | 488,635 | 488,854 | 605,994 |
(12750) Industrial rubber products | 2,190,650 | 2,199,254 | 2,452,514 | 2,585,845 | 2,923,854 |
(12760) Mineral supplies-manufactured | 3,093,482 | 3,307,186 | 3,670,944 | 3,751,497 | 4,502,639 |
(12765) Tapes, audio and visual | 1,203,833 | 1,346,509 | 1,620,300 | 2,014,146 | 1,795,704 |
(12770) Other industrial supplies | 14,477,266 | 15,049,554 | 13,757,853 | 14,793,038 | 16,363,223 |
(13100) Logs and lumber | 3,568,646 | 3,675,962 | 4,213,673 | 4,332,968 | 4,593,107 |
(13110) Wood supplies, manufactured | 875,807 | 911,252 | 1,028,197 | 1,074,196 | 1,220,776 |
(13200) Glass-plate, sheet, etc. | 977,598 | 979,685 | 1,088,950 | 1,141,029 | 1,278,636 |
(13210) Shingles, molding, wallboard | 1,891,071 | 1,961,770 | 2,284,145 | 2,637,272 | 3,016,416 |
(13220) Nontextile floor tiles | 297,270 | 300,613 | 337,797 | 377,329 | 414,304 |
(20000) Generators, accessories | 6,171,391 | 6,286,538 | 7,028,809 | 7,613,908 | 9,464,756 |
(20005) Electric apparatus | 21,373,353 | 21,158,082 | 24,231,365 | 25,674,197 | 29,748,335 |
(21000) Drilling & oilfield equipment | 6,562,205 | 6,066,973 | 6,869,681 | 8,153,668 | 10,778,601 |
(21010) Specialized mining | 384,423 | 419,075 | 544,473 | 634,938 | 838,010 |
(21030) Excavating machinery | 4,986,166 | 5,284,702 | 6,657,603 | 8,812,827 | 9,866,450 |
(21040) Nonfarm tractors and parts | 960,239 | 1,063,017 | 1,439,904 | 1,382,445 | 1,858,428 |
(21100) Industrial engines | 11,601,418 | 11,690,670 | 13,511,204 | 14,934,258 | 15,953,605 |
(21110) Food, tobacco machinery | 1,732,148 | 1,688,991 | 1,860,182 | 2,064,865 | 2,192,826 |
(21120) Metalworking machine tools | 5,174,725 | 5,252,726 | 7,075,695 | 7,663,288 | 9,490,359 |
(21130) Textile, sewing machines | 1,059,214 | 1,020,197 | 1,134,193 | 1,247,851 | 1,274,629 |
(21140) Wood, glass, plastic | 2,597,190 | 2,503,246 | 3,367,352 | 3,645,557 | 3,628,566 |
(21150) Pulp and paper machinery | 2,278,780 | 2,372,552 | 2,566,827 | 2,718,324 | 2,850,457 |
(21160) Measuring, testing, control instruments | 13,218,013 | 13,936,101 | 16,927,323 | 16,720,633 | 19,119,448 |
(21170) Materials handling equipment | 4,488,470 | 4,655,814 | 5,984,009 | 8,162,312 | 9,903,852 |
(21180) Industrial machines, other | 21,727,003 | 21,718,029 | 26,971,265 | 28,295,944 | 32,709,273 |
(21190) Photo, service industry machinery | 5,422,145 | 5,714,167 | 6,553,936 | 7,492,107 | 8,178,549 |
(21200) Agricultural machinery, equipment | 3,526,203 | 3,793,910 | 4,422,448 | 5,144,124 | 5,308,940 |
(21300) Computers | 9,190,115 | 8,664,470 | 9,198,120 | 10,206,187 | 11,444,607 |
(21301) Computer accessories | 29,362,295 | 31,260,248 | 33,607,204 | 35,330,167 | 36,087,221 |
(21320) Semiconductors | 42,234,579 | 46,137,440 | 48,050,388 | 47,221,556 | 52,383,482 |
(21400) Telecommunications equipment | 22,207,691 | 20,743,162 | 24,543,091 | 25,666,771 | 28,911,061 |
(21500) Business machines and equipment | 2,023,646 | 1,927,170 | 2,110,291 | 2,335,954 | 2,704,205 |
(21600) Laboratory testing instruments | 4,824,079 | 5,118,842 | 6,093,197 | 6,665,275 | 7,279,594 |
(21610) Medicinal equipment | 14,481,033 | 15,742,536 | 17,852,664 | 20,364,358 | 22,664,867 |
(22000) Civilian aircraft | 26,676,656 | 23,305,357 | 22,917,114 | 29,332,618 | 40,714,914 |
(22010) Parts-civilian aircraft | 12,222,736 | 12,134,464 | 13,217,079 | 15,305,904 | 17,373,828 |
(22020) Engines-civilian aircraft | 11,584,658 | 11,338,959 | 13,840,691 | 16,145,914 | 16,947,535 |
(22100) Railway transportation equipment | 1,245,275 | 1,641,902 | 1,856,082 | 2,345,207 | 2,938,227 |
(22200) Vessels, excluding scrap | 204,471 | 67,122 | 40,953 | 64,957 | 51,701 |
(22210) Commercial vessels, other | 179,292 | 138,968 | 207,814 | 230,358 | 222,269 |
(22220) Marine engines, parts | 758,992 | 793,606 | 740,348 | 976,964 | 1,127,802 |
(22300) Spacecraft, excluding military | 36,932 | 37,138 | 53,632 | 37,955 | 26,894 |
(30000) Passenger cars, new and used | 20,552,414 | 22,102,841 | 24,609,325 | 30,492,691 | 34,530,937 |
(30100) Trucks, buses and special purpose vehicles | 8,363,362 | 10,244,379 | 11,928,396 | 13,477,345 | 15,090,202 |
(30200) Engines and engine parts (carburetors, pistons, ri | 10,112,579 | 10,112,654 | 10,754,788 | 11,324,368 | 11,924,358 |
(30210) Bodies and chassis for passenger cars | 138,831 | 185,673 | 148,197 | 58,449 | 58,962 |
(30220) Automotive tires and tubes | 1,909,086 | 1,819,338 | 2,124,051 | 2,403,281 | 2,479,500 |
(30230) Other parts and accessories of vehicles | 37,866,139 | 36,220,655 | 39,727,480 | 40,916,620 | 43,088,027 |
(40000) Apparel, household goods - textile | 6,305,462 | 5,935,708 | 5,389,846 | 5,311,955 | 5,183,748 |
(40030) Apparel,household goods-nontextile | 1,307,645 | 1,349,863 | 1,433,964 | 1,672,191 | 1,835,403 |
(40050) Sports apparel and gear | 445,492 | 421,225 | 436,046 | 485,324 | 588,006 |
(40100) Pharmaceutical preparations | 17,347,840 | 20,529,484 | 25,431,506 | 27,618,757 | 30,789,492 |
(40110) Books, printed matter | 3,969,325 | 4,175,252 | 4,397,917 | 4,820,801 | 5,192,672 |
(40120) Toiletries and cosmetics | 4,139,641 | 4,580,874 | 5,260,323 | 5,975,099 | 6,754,315 |
(40130) Tobacco, manufactured | 1,962,035 | 1,881,706 | 1,599,295 | 1,340,630 | 1,362,642 |
(40140) Writing and art supplies | 4,609,284 | 4,695,044 | 5,062,591 | 5,623,401 | 5,827,807 |
(41000) Furniture, household goods, etc. | 2,122,958 | 2,415,749 | 2,723,936 | 2,885,663 | 3,204,067 |
(41010) Glassware, chinaware | 450,822 | 348,977 | 393,530 | 405,241 | 432,492 |
(41020) Cookware, cutlery, tools | 695,857 | 687,921 | 733,034 | 771,945 | 869,659 |
(41030) Household appliances | 4,536,883 | 4,830,195 | 5,224,404 | 6,050,859 | 6,650,584 |
(41040) Rugs | 693,290 | 693,005 | 789,475 | 906,070 | 1,003,387 |
(41050) Other household goods | 8,444,489 | 9,389,945 | 10,754,075 | 12,428,236 | 14,073,095 |
(41110) Pleasure boats and motors | 1,086,943 | 1,368,396 | 1,911,421 | 2,480,770 | 2,778,543 |
(41120) Toys/games/sporting goods | 5,459,446 | 5,692,490 | 6,316,574 | 7,564,206 | 9,027,618 |
(41140) Musical instruments | 1,032,717 | 862,781 | 1,056,377 | 1,058,999 | 1,067,154 |
(41200) TV's, VCR's, etc. | 3,955,119 | 3,382,301 | 3,602,070 | 3,639,449 | 3,872,073 |
(41210) Stereo equipment, etc. | 1,541,870 | 1,560,706 | 1,712,822 | 2,213,713 | 2,461,393 |
(41220) Records, tapes, and disks | 3,221,800 | 3,191,920 | 3,386,401 | 3,640,005 | 3,642,747 |
(41300) Numismatic coins | 56,008 | 63,051 | 54,118 | 67,805 | 154,448 |
(41310) Jewelry, etc | 2,968,325 | 3,049,472 | 3,867,696 | 4,727,493 | 6,143,415 |
(41320) Artwork, antiques, stamps, etc. | 2,901,776 | 3,036,051 | 3,877,752 | 4,778,136 | 5,953,003 |
(42000) Nursery stock, etc. | 269,747 | 289,308 | 313,536 | 341,782 | 387,790 |
(42100) Gem diamonds | 4,834,043 | 5,476,603 | 7,346,005 | 8,906,873 | 9,987,222 |
(50000) Military aircraft, complete | 1,672,201 | 2,159,009 | 2,360,999 | 2,417,217 | 4,464,598 |
(50010) Aircraft launching gear, parachutes, etc. | 89,950 | 116,027 | 214,592 | 305,808 | 344,791 |
(50020) Engines and turbines for military aircraft | 1,836,533 | 1,320,834 | 1,260,987 | 1,566,406 | 1,643,565 |
(50030) Military trucks, armored vehicles, etc. | 722,039 | 635,004 | 745,331 | 920,345 | 844,889 |
(50040) Military ships and boats | 2,060 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | 5,170 |
(50050) Tanks, artillery, missiles, rockets, guns and ammu | 1,929,437 | 1,615,936 | 2,067,159 | 2,037,040 | 2,714,343 |
(50060) Military apparel and footwear | 812,385 | 844,928 | 506,395 | 668,594 | 693,123 |
(50070) Parts for military-type goods | 4,639,359 | 4,816,374 | 4,728,834 | 4,919,362 | 5,918,013 |
(60000) Minimum value shipments | 14,635,601 | 15,043,576 | 16,781,625 | 18,800,866 | 19,745,847 |
(60010) Miscellaneous domestic exports and special transac | 6,514,038 | 5,858,199 | 5,737,754 | 5,328,568 | 5,241,316 |
(60040) Undocumented exports to Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,250,666 |
TOTAL | 693,103,192 | 724,770,983 | 818,774,859 | 905,977,633 | 1,037,142,973 |
We sell over $1 trillion of our "overpriced goods" to the world. Hardly worth mentioning. LOL!
Most of those things probably cost more to manufacture here than elsewhere. That’s why Burkina Faso is an economic powerhouse.
That’s what I get for trying to turn an economics thread into a discussion about economics.
Math is hard. LOL!
Steel Makers Succeed in Keeping Tariffs.
Do we favor free trade or not? Seems to depend. When the commodity exchange is open we favor it. When it is the weekend they are all commies.
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wrong.
the issue is not free trade but rather the ambitions of the NAU crowd the wind up foisting unlimited liabilities on the american middle class in exchange for nothing
The issue was named.
Because they make products more expensive for their citizens we should also make products more expensive for ours?
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