1. I didnĀ“t say it fell apart. But it is damaged. The people do not suffer because of this as long as they have jobs. But we can see what happens based on Detroit when a main pillar falls apart. It means suffering, indeed.1,2:The US deficit is actually not malicious for the US. It only means that the US imports more then it exports. And this is mostly about cars and consumer goods. Trump is an idiot when he wants to "enforce" a better trade balance. What he can do is to sanction US companies that source out and that is what he promised beside reviewing the big trade agreements. If those agreements ainĀ“t beneficiary for the US, why did the US agree in the first place?I donĀ“t think so. Too many countries that the US is excluding already.
Um, we have the most open market in the world, and are CONSTANTLY paying a massively heavy price because of it.
We SHOULD be dialing that shit WAY down, very soon, at least that is what TRump ran on.
BUT, not to isolationism but to actual Mutually Beneficial Trade.
If the UK is able to do that, we can certainly work it out.
1. It is absurd to claim that the trade deficits are not bad for the US.
2. If trade deficits are not bad, then why fight reversing them? If it is not bad, than give US the trade surpluses, and it won't make any difference, right?
3. THe reasons for our mistakes in agreeing to those bad trade deals are varied. They include, Ideological Free Traders, and the desire to bolster the economy of shaky allies during the Cold War.
4. What ever the reasons, the deals were always sold as helping US export more, to benefit our economy and workers. And they never have. The deals have failed, the policy has failed. Time to change.
If the society can afford more than it produces, this cannot be bad. The actual problem is that when the US industry falls apart, a main pillar of the economy falls apart. And this can have several causes: Outsourcing, technological backlog, dumping prices. HereĀ“s where the government must take action and it needs allies. Blackmailing allies is not good for a solution.
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The US tried to take over other markets and it didnĀ“t work out as well as hoped. Now you cry. You want new deals that exclusively benefit the US? Ask the man in the moon.
1. Thank you for admitting that a "main pillar of our economy" has fallen apart. Do you admit that this has caused great suffering to our people.
2. Our "allies" are the ones benefiting at our expense. THey will not willingly give up the benefit they receive from this trade imbalance.
3. "Take over" is overstating the case. We were looking for Mutually Beneficial Trade. Instead, OUR market has been taken over.
4. And dismissing my complaints as "crying" is not much of an answer, it is just you being a dick. There is a problem and I want to fix it.
2. There is no trade imbalance. US companies are free to make business in Europe.
3. I remember Wal Mart declaring war on German super markets like an invader, stressing they have so much money they will take over the country in a price war. It didnĀ“t work out. The German market is already partitioned. But Wal Mart didnĀ“t cry, they just withdrew.
4. Business is not kindergarten. You can lose. You want a precondition that you win? Ask the man in the moon. We have our own problems here. Our companies have done so much shit, they will be wiped off by Chinese competition.