Down With China

Re China Stand on Imports Upsets U.S. by Steven R. Weisman in today's NY Times: again, China says one thing to US trade negotiators, and then does the opposite. Actions speak louder than words, and China's actions (not to mention its enormous trade surplus against the US) show clearly that it does not trade fairly.

The solution to this problem is for the US to exit the WTO, and put large tariffs on goods and services from China. I can guarantee that would get their attention, and also gain their respect. They have little respect for us because of our self-defeating foreign policies (e.g., Iraq) and trade policies (help the rest of the world at our own expense).

I believe that Ron Paul is the only candidate who would take us out of the WTO. We can only hope that this idea will catch on, sooner than later.

China Tantrums

It seems that super-sensitive China is taking another tantrum. This time it is because President Bush is meeting with the Dalai Lama and because the Dalai Lama is scheduled to receive the Congressional Gold Medal on Wednesday. (See today's NY Times article China Warns U.S. on Dalai Lama Trip By JOSEPH KAHN.) Not only did Tibet’s Communist Party boss say he is furious, but four fifteen year old Tibetan boys are being tortured with electric prods "after they were accused of scribbling slogans on walls calling for the Dalai Lama’s return".

I am "furious" with China's leaders and demand that they renounce their stupid ideology and join the grown-up, civilized nations of the twenty-first century.

Perhaps China should be expelled from the World Trade Organization. If the WTO does not expel China, perhaps the US should leave the WTO and make separate, fair trade deals with nations which are more civilized than China.