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In reply to the discussion: Majority of Voters Like Trump's Plan for Tariffs [View all]Tarzanrock
(1,250 posts)It's not "fair trade" when one side engages in "unfair trade" practices which is what China is credibly accused of doing and which it has been doing for decades. Those are illegal acts and that is illegal conduct under International Trade Law. It has long been the practice of China to not just violate "fair trade" but to steal American intellectual property and engage in industrial espionage here inside the U.S. I've seen Federal Judges here in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California sentence Chinese Nationals to Federal prison for industrial espionage in the California aerospace industries and computer industries and other technological related industries. China has been and is doing this with their EV's and with their batteries and Biden-Harris are punishing China economically for these transgressions. These acts also protect American technology; vital American industries; American workers; American jobs; and, American national security. As I said earlier, this has zero impact on the U.S. GDP and zero impact on U.S. domestic economics. It's nothing but a baseless fearmongering and lying talking point for the Turd to his idiotic base that has no basis in economic reality.