Sullivan on trade policy is like Kamala talking about AI
Whenever they are involved in anything, the result is an increase in their power, the waste of assets and resources, and the destruction of productivity.
Good God. This mouthpiece for the CCP has no shame, none at all.
You either have free and fair trade at one end of a spectrum, or you don't at the other end, and that is the end where Communist China resides.
The trade practices that are widespread and routine that Communist China engages in (at the direct, inflexible, governmental control and direction of the Chinese Communist Party) are anything but "free trade" in any kind of market.
“the market-oriented Washington Consensus of yesteryear”
I guess you could have blinked and missed that. Or, it’s the contradiction that it appears to be on its face. I think that the Republicans have generally been at least kind of market-oriented for a few decades; did the Democrats lie about it more effectively for some period of time?
Sorry but keeping our supply chain anchored in Communist China, after all that has been said and done over the past 5 years, is simply stupid. “De-coupling” from the CCP and re-industrializing the U.S. is absolutely the smart thing to do, and not continuing to buy the rope there with which to hang ourselves.
The USA is no longer spending treasure, jobs and blood to support global trade.
AMF-YOYO.
Which never existed with China, which has practiced a ruthless mercantilism ever since it was granted access to the US and every other world market.
You can’t have free trade with people who themselves are not free.
I watch and listen to these “lawmakers” and “policymakers” in Washington. Absolutely nothing makes be at all confident that they aren’t steering us into catastrophic problems.
All depends on who your competitors are...
The USA cannot compete against countries like China, India, and Mexico, which do not have highly restrictive labor and environmental laws.