
When our foreign policy is driven by business interests for the most part, and trade is the policy of choice to gain entry and dialogue with otherwise-
recalcitra
nt foreign powers, we have only ourselves to blame for electing officials who think profits ensures world order.
Historical
ly, the U.S. has used trade preference
s, Favored Nation status, and Free Trade Agreements to establish or improve relations with treaty and non-treaty partners, sometimes with only an ephemeral hope of bettering a relationsh
ip. In many cases, those agreements have been used against our Citizen interests in favor of business interests and commerce.
I'm not saying be "isolation
ist" but I am saying we need to be MUCH tougher in our requiremen
ts of reciprocal fairness. The world hates the U.S., sees us as the poster boy for what's wrong with the world, yet everyday people value what America has accomplish
ed, have multiple reasons for trying to get here, mostly economic, and we just don't have the control that we need.
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