这是一位美国网友的留言,大家看看,
“…nations who subsidize their exports effectively steal jobs from other countries — “turn out to be valid.”
Dr. Krugman, this is exactly what the developing countries have been screaming about our, and Europe’s, agricultural subsidies: We have been stealing agricultural jobs from the third world countries for eons destroying their agricultural base!
As for import restrictions, for example, just recall that tariffs and restrictions on sugar have been in place since long before we were even talking to “Red China”. As a result we have the highest sugar prices in the world. Trade barriers by us are nothing new and have little to do with China. Should I mention how Harley-Davidson was saved from Japanese competition?
It is very disappointing that whenever you rail against the Chinese trade surplus with the USA, you fail to mention that about 60% of this surplus goes to American companies operating out of China. They inflate the import (transfer) prices to show smaller profit here in order to pay fewer taxes, and keep profits abroad paying no taxes at all.
China does not force us to buy from them. Greedy and socially irresponsible American corporations, engaged in labor arbitrage and tax evasion, in collusion with the “for sale” congress and the White House, are the main problem. Let us clean up our glass house first.