It’s not just about fairness. We could all drop our imports and it would be “fair”. And that would destroy American industries. Because the labor costs are so much lower in China and third world countries.
It’s about protecting our industries, not being too economically dependent on other countries, and keeping ownership of US equities in American hands. One way to keep ownership of US equities in American hands is not to run large trade deficits.
Protecting our industries is what it’s all about.
Danny, cheap labor only gets you so far. The average unit labor costs in the USA to make goods here is 7%. In China it is not zero, it's about 2%. We are destroying industrial economy for 5 cents on the dollar.
When you buy a foreign made import you are are actually hiring foreign nationals to build, assemble, ship that product. You are picking foreign workers over Americans. That is the reality of what is happening with trade. Those foreign workers are not paying income taxes to uncle Sam and those imports come in duty free! OTH our workers are burdened with regs and taxes.
THIS IS EVIL!!!!! Free Traitors™ aren't just wrong they are doing something I consider evil.