[auntdot]

Well, we sold tons and tons of scrap metal to Japan in the 30’s and it came back to us in the form of Japanese zeros and bullets.

This time it will come back to us in the form of much more deadly weapons.

[RightWhale]

That’s material. They could buy scrap and they could buy manufactured items and grain and lumber, but how does one buy technology?

[Kevmo]

Well, we sold tons and tons of scrap metal to Japan in the 30’s and it came back to us in the form of Japanese zeros and bullets... This time it will come back to us in the form of much more deadly weapons.
***Good place to bump this thread, will read up later. Note that Duncan Hunter is the only republican pres candidate who has a coherent trade policy with China that would prevent such disasters.