Protectionism Why Not?

Recently United States President Barack Obama visited China on his first trip to Asia as President. There to greet him was Hu Jin Tao the President of the Peoples Republic of China. As per usual had their normal talks on North Korea, Human Rights in China and oh yeah that thing called "free trade". The globalistic chains that enslave us right at this moment as we speak. President Hu began by describing his conversations with the new President. The cordial talks we had, he began were warm in nature and delved into various topics including the economy where we hope we can both "shun Protectionism".

Shun Protectionism? for those who don't know Protectionism is the restraining of free trade by increasing tariffs on foreign goods and restricting quotas as well as other methods to get free trade to stop or at least be limited in scope. Protectionism has been attacked as being anti trade as well as anti union. Here are the facts, I support trade, but if you want to come to my country and trade with my nations businesses, then you have to pay to come in. You do not deserve a free ride beacause you say you will offer jobs and business. We have seen too many times when businesses come to my country and others, make promises and then once the contract is signed, they go back on their word. Prime exanple is in Greece where the port was handed over Chinese Cosco a day before the Greek general elections and now the union nor the government can't do anything, because an anti union party signed the agreement.

As for being anti union, any company associated with free trade and globalization, in my view at least doesn't believe in unions or workers rights. Those companies that promote free trade must be fought tooth and nail by their union to promote fair trade instead. Free trade is another way of saying screw the worker, profit is more important. That attitude must end and must end now, one of the main reasons why Barack Obama was elected President was because he appealed to those workers in the States and elsewhere in North America that loathed NAFTA, and wanted to see changes not only to that treachery but also to other agreements that screwed workers and our country.

If the President goes back on this as he has gone back on Guantanamo Bay then his Presindency will be like Jimmy Carter's, one term. If he takes the Chinese advise and betrays the workers, then he will have hell to pay in November 2012. His vote will erode and the world will be back to the most powerful nation in the world being run by warmongerers(Republican Party). I don't want that and I know the majority of the world doesn't want that either.

All protectionism does is that it imposes taxes on corporations that do not come from this country, both tariffs and quotas would hit its peak, and if you think that is the worst thing we could do, a lot of nations including Brazil and Turkey two of the economy's picked by Forbes magazine 2008 to be the economy's in the world most likely to become powers by 2015. If we want a strong economy, jobs made in Canada, for Canadians by Canadians, then we must adopt protectionism as at least a pilot project for our economic future and well being.