-By Taviana Macleod
An article published by Fox News on October 19th, 2012 (which is after the 2nd presidential debate) brings up how both presidential candidates now feel about American trades with China. Romney repeatedly states similar comments directing his point of view: “On day one, I’ll label China a currency manipulator and that will allow me to apply tariffs where they steal our intellectual property and kill jobs. As a result, the crowd cheers in agreement. Obama, along the same lines states : “We have brought more trade cases against China in one term than the previous administration did in two." They therefore, for this one of very few points, share the same view. Both think that within the next 4 years the US should become "tougher" on China.
There are two sides of the spectrum regarding the American people: those who are advantaged by chinese trade and those who are disadvantaged. In Washington alone, 40% of all jobs are partly tied to international trade. Therefore cutting trade would cause the loss of jobs of many Americans. On the other hand, tightening trade could cause even more factories and plants to close than have already been shut down. For example, in Washington, they've lost 50,000 manufacturing factories and plants over the last decade. That’s about six million manufacturing jobs. So either way some American will be out of work. This is the result of China being such a leader in the game of international trade.
A problem rising from this is that now chinese people are beginning to feel that the relationship between China and the United-States is becoming less cooperative (shown by the results of a survey given in China). Business leaders in the US are also worried for the simple reason that the majority of profit comes from imports and exports. The motivation for both candidates now is getting votes, so it's time for the people to stand up and let the state know what they believe should happen.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/19/obama-romney-talk-tough-on-china/
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