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    For every example there is a counter example.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ripmeister View Post
    Like I said anything that moves away from free trade and yes that is a two way street. I think I understand where Trump is coming from. I'm just not sure his implementation of a so called "trade war" is in our best interest. You want to cite examples where we are being treated unfairly and that's fine but to use your one example of Canada and dairy its my understanding that under TPP that issue was resolved. To me the main issue here is China and rather than go it alone like Trump is want to do I think it would have been wiser to have had a united front in that regard.
    Did other nations slapping tariffs on our goods go it alone? I just don't get you, Rip. Trump is seen by you as starting a 'trade war' by just putting tariffs on products imported that those nations put on us. If tariffs are trade wars, then it's been one sided. Trump aims to make it two sided and you think we should go talk to others about it. Your concern is for this country. Correct?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ransom View Post
    Did other nations slapping tariffs on our goods go it alone? I just don't get you, Rip. Trump is seen by you as starting a 'trade war' by just putting tariffs on products imported that those nations put on us. If tariffs are trade wars, then it's been one sided. Trump aims to make it two sided and you think we should go talk to others about it. Your concern is for this country. Correct?
    Yes, my concern is for this country. I'm just not sure bilateral trade negotiations only is the best way to go about things. By the way, I simply cited trade war parenthetically meaning that's not necessarily how I would define it. I would take exception too with the idea that its always been one sided. Canadian softwood lumber comes to mind as one example. The whole tariff milieu is a labyrinth that doesn't make a whole lot of sense in many respects. I may be wrong about questioning Trumps approach. Only time will reveal that to be the case or not.
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