Personally while I don't like Donald Trump he did have some good policies and did achieve a peace settlement in Korea something that has eluded many presidents since the end of the Korean war.
History has taught several things first that free trade agreements don't work and they benefit only one party.
We can see that clearly in Europe the common steel policy favors Germany the common agricultural policy favors France both negatively affected the United Kingdom and put tens of thousands of people out of work.
Free trade deals do a lot of harm to an economy but don't take my word for it DW a German media outlet did a whole 45 minuet documentary on the subject of free trade, doesn't this fly in the face of what the EU wants?
Documentry can be found here:
What Trump wanted was an America that could compete on the world stage, NAFTA had already stripped many industries from the USA such as the steel industry, much of the agricultural base as well.
So by putting tariffs up on certain things he has ensured that American jobs have been saved and that the American product is now viable on the domestic market.
Australia does the same as well with a 40% duty on imported steel from China (the USA had if I recall a 225% duty on imported steel at one stage)
Protecting ones domestic jobs and industries should not be viewed as a bad thing in fact it should be seen as a good thing and this is where the free trade deals go very wrong and we have seen it over the decades.
The European union will fail it is only a matter of time, the working population will eventually want out and yes we saw this in the UK after all who was the majority leave voter? the worker.
The European union wants to create this socialist paradise and its rapidly becoming a dictatorship, I'm not alone in that view and all I can say is within the next 40 to 50 years the European Union like the Soviet Union in my view will cease to exist as the population becomes disillusioned with all the goings on.
I am happy to debate and provide sources links and detailed descriptions and viewpoints if anyone whishes to engage.
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