No, he was an ideologue indeed - but you are being an idiot to pick and choose micro decisions that were made at certain points. Besides, I said that there are always exceptions in a given situation, where trade would be used as a weapon...but it’s always used to reinstate freer trade in the end. You’re arguing like a lib, saying that anyone who uses military force is anti-peace.
Sometimes you have to use violence to restore peace, and sometimes you have to use trade as a weapon, to restore freer trade.
I hardly think that. I'm arguing that Free trade the way it's implemented now has devasted our industries and caused our massive unemployment.
But once we are back at full employment and have restored key industries, then I'm all for taking advantage of the cheap communist labor.
I just don't think it makes sense when we have high unemployment. Our first duty is to our own people.