2018 saw the Trump Administration start trade wars with other nations, principally with China, under the premise that the U.S. trade deficit was too large. China is also accused of forcing U.S. companies to transfer their technology to the Chinese in order to do business in that country. China is…
Wake up, America, or lose the trade war
Below are some excerpts from an opinion editorial by former South Carolina U.S. Senator Ernest F. Hollings (1966-2005) that ran in today’s Charleston Post and Courier. Never one to mince words, Mr. Hollings lays the blame for our economic condition on the “free traders”. In his opinion, resurrecting our country’s manufacturing is the…