[A. Pole]

Yeah, pretty soon they'll have all the secrets of Maytag washers and IBM desktops. I'm shaking.

And many more trade secrets like rare-earth magnets technology. According to you profit sanctifies everything.

[investigateworld]

I sure am grateful our grandfathers and and their parents didn't buy into this free trade nonsense. My knobby knees would look funny wearing lederhosen and I don't think I could ever understand Japanese. Can you imagine how WW2 would have turned out if Japan and Germany would have been the economic powerhouses they are today?

[Toddsterpatriot]

And many more trade secrets like rare-earth magnets technology. According to you profit sanctifies everything.

Wrong my commie friend. The Chinese should not be allowed to buy rare earth magnet technology. That sale should not have been allowed. If the Chinese had bought Unocal, they should have been forced to divest Unocal's rare earth division.