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Source: The Khaleej Times – Dubai, UAE
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Who is to Blame?
In the recent 2016 presidential debate, trade has been one of the leading issues addressed. Specialist in Asian trade and finance, Wayne Morrison states that, “China is currently the United States’ second-largest trading partner, its third-largest export market, and its biggest source of imports.” This has left the US in a sticky situation as Morrison adds , “Major areas of concern expressed by U.S. policymakers and stakeholders include China’s alleged widespread cyber economic espionage against U.S. firms; relatively poor record of intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement; and mixed record on implementing its World Trade Organization (WTO) obligations” Many say China’s shady dealings around policy has negatively impacted US trade and has caused large amounts of job loss. China is to blame.
It’s Unfair.
Donald Trump has been seen many times commenting on the ‘ill wills’ of China and thier operations around trade. Using a rhetorical specific and nontraditional style, Trump aggressively states how China is unfairly taking away from the United Sates to fill their own pockets. While taking a stand for the working class he is simultaneously providing hope for the future if he becomes president, by stoping China’s corruption and creating more jobs.
Achilles Heel
The United States is a powerhouse but trade would be our weak point. China has gone against the WTO and as trump says, they are ‘good at the game’. The solution is as Trump states, “We will keep the car industry in Michigan and we’re going to bring car companies back to Michigan.” Beating China at its own game is a way to stop our country from being taken advantage of. Creating more jobs, producing more products and weening ourselves off of China’s trade to become a more independent United States.
I think that Trump’s Rhetoric toward foreign policy in China being categorized as aggressive and unfair is a bit one-sided. For me (a relatively independent voter), I would prefer to hear the candidate mention specific strategies he/she is going to do in our country that will impact foreign trade, instead of just casting blame on China for ‘stealing all of our jobs.’ I would rather look to the future, to our upcoming President with hope that they will create more jobs within our country, instead of blaming another.
Trumps rhetoric actually wasn’t categorized as unfair. That was the heading implying how China is “unfair” with their relations, WTO, and the negatives the US receives from their “unfair actions”. Nor did I see this as being one-sided. Since the rhetoric of aggression Trump had used was seen as a positive as I implied, “While taking a stand for the working class he is simultaneously providing hope for the future if he becomes president, by stoping China’s corruption and creating more jobs.” Also in the ‘Achilles Heel’ section their is a segment about how our upcoming presidential candidate looks to the future and his plan of creating more jobs. Maybe I was not clear enough with my choice of words, but I figured I’d let you know it was meant to be interpreted.