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Trading with the Enemy
By Chuck Baldwin
April 7, 2000
The full court press has already begun. President Clinton is intensely
lobbying Congress for passage of permanent Most Favored Nation trade status
and entrance into the World Trade Organization for Communist China. The
Republican leadership in Congress is also pressing for its passage. House
Speaker Dennis Hastert has promised a floor vote during the week of May 22.
He predicts "ultimate victory."
Earlier this week, President Clinton along with 42 Governors, including
G.W. Bush, and over 200 executives of hi-tech companies from Silicon Valley
conducted a major news conference aimed at convincing both recalcitrant
congressmen and the American public that permanent MFN must be adopted.
Not everyone is buying it, however. China’s most outspoken dissident, Harry
Wu, told a congressional panel last December that granting the Communist
regime permanent MFN would give it "a green light to abuse their citizens."
"Free traders" demonstrate a profound ignorance regarding the nature of
Communist-controlled governments. Communist Chinese leaders have repeatedly
threatened to incinerate American cities with nuclear missiles. Our own
Pentagon recently released a study which reveals China is making plans for
war with the United States at this very moment.
Contrary to the arguments of "free traders," increased commercial activity
with Communist China does not reduce its cruel and despotic style of
governance. Just the opposite is true. After years of "free trade" with
China, oppression and persecution against people of faith and political
dissidents is more Draconian than ever!
Can you imagine presidential candidates and congressional leaders calling
for "free trade" with Adolph Hitler? Yet, according to The Black Book of
Communism, the Communist Chinese have slaughtered at least three times more
people than Hitler’s Third Reich. The same book puts the total number of
people killed by various communist regimes worldwide at over 100 million!
Apply the "free trade" arguments to the infamous Chicago gangster, Al
Capone. Like the Butchers of Beijing, Capone came to power (and kept power)
by brute force. He controlled politicians, judges, businessmen and
policemen with an iron fist. Would anyone suggest that the way to convert
Capone would be to enter into "free trade" agreements with him? Nonsense!
Yet, the only difference between the Communist Chinese and gangsters like
Al Capone is scale. Capone operated on a local scale; the Communist Chinese
operate on a national and international scale. Both are equally corrupt and
murderous.
Additionally, there is nothing free about our "free trade" agreements with
China. According to New American magazine, "The U.S. government’s
Export-Import Bank subsidized trade with China to the tune of $5.9 billion
in 1998. The U.S. taxpayer-subsidized Asian Development Bank and World Bank
awarded $1.5 billion and $2.4 billion, respectively, in new loans to China
that same year. Without these subsidies, it is unlikely that wealthy
transnational elitists would invest in China’s risky market."
Another problem is an ever-increasing trade deficit that results from these
NAFTA, GATT, and Free Trade deals. If this year’s first quarter figures are
annualized, our trade deficit will exceed $400 billion. According to World
magazine, the United States lost more than 341,000 manufacturing jobs in
1999 alone, as a direct result of these deficits.
Phyllis Schlafly writes, "Every month, China collects up to $6 billion in
U.S. cash by selling its slave-labor products to Americans, but only buys
$1 billion worth of U.S. goods. The Chinese pocket $5 billion every month
and use it to build their military-industrial complex." This is "free
trade?"
It should be painfully obvious that both major parties have been thoroughly
corrupted by the insatiable lust for wealth and power. Human rights,
ethical government, even national security take a back seat to the powerful
passions of an unbridled, transnational elite. Remarkably, it will be left
to a few pro-union Democrats and an even smaller group of conservative
Republicans to stand up to this flagitious Juggernaut.
Mr. Wu spoke dejectedly but decisively when he told that congressional
panel, "Perhaps one day the United States will try to promote human rights
in China with the same zeal it seeks market access." Stated another way,
perhaps one day America will return to its founding principles and realize
that there are things more important than money.
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