The longer the United States runs a trade deficit, the more damage we do to our country. Our massive trade deficit is sending hundreds of billions of American dollars overseas every year. Our free trade deals have put our manufacturers out of business, and they have made the American public reliant on foreign producers to meet their everyday needs. As we spend more money on foreign goods, there is less money available to be reinvested in American manufacturing.
A documentary on the well known tale of the rise and fall of Detroit, as it pertains to the free trade market.
Free trade policies have unfortunately become the exception rather than the rule in the United States. Politicians from both parties now push them on the American people. They have become so standard that they now encounter little resistance in Washington, while Americans in the rest of the country reel from their devastating effects.
Regarding the topic of “free trade,” Theodore Roosevelt once said that “the prime consideration of our entire policy of economic and trade legislation should be to ensure the well-being of America, our home industries, and our workers.”
Trade Reform
