[montagnard1969]

First and foremost you must remember China is a communist ruled country. Second, they are our enemy as they wish to conquer the rest of the world. Third, our government has allowed our businesses to establish their factories in China in order to save money on labor costs. The downside of this policy is our jobs in the US went with them. Now we are reaping the rewards of a supply chain that is controlled by the same country who looks to overthrow democracy anywhere in the world. I think US based manufacturing HAS FINALLY REALIZED what this means, no parts to make their products. Auto manufacturers as well as all other manufacturers that rely on micro-chips are suffering because of the policy of outsourcing supplies for parts going to other countries. The United States CANNOT be the economic engine for third world and communist countries. We spent billions in Vietnam and it cost our country over 58,000 lost and countless maimed lives and now we trade with another communist country. Have we learned nothing from history? I guess not, as we went into the middle east with the best of intentions but have now managed to abandon those intentions because people are tired of expending money and lives for nothing. Of course the defense contractors have gotten rich off of this as in every other “conflict” we get into. If you are going to fight for something you must go into it full bore and defeat the enemy, not appease them.