Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Tariff hearings begin as Trump takes heat for tariffs on China" video.

  1. I'm all for free trade, but not when "free trade" means our trading partners protect their products, tax ours, and we do nothing. Trump is using tariffs, brilliantly, to extract much-needed concessions in foreign policy and trade negotiations. I'd much rather see that, than dropping bombs on people, and the whole "constructive engagement" where we trade with nations who oppress their people and cheat us at every opportunity is very passé. I wouldn't trade with China, at all, if I had my 'druthers. They need to change their ways. In the situation we're currently in, we can't just turn off the spigot, but we can and must pressure trading partners such as China (and Mexico) to do the right thing, or pay the cost. The last few or several presidents - when they couldn't bully through force of arms - negotiated as though the USA has no leverage and is grateful for whatever bones our partners would throw them. Trump came into office and said "Hmmm. That's a bad deal for us. That's a bad deal for us. And THAT'S a bad deal for us. And why the hell do we keep going to war for no reason?"
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