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<blockquote data-quote="MartyMcFly" data-source="post: 1554384" data-attributes="member: 22678">This is corrupt and shows why lobbyists are bad for the common people. This should be illegal. However, I don't think the USA should interfere with Chinese politics in this way. It is their country and as long as they don't kidnap Americans and force them into slave labor, it is not really our business. A simpler and less controversial approach is to introduce tariffs to encourage FAIR TRADE&nbsp; as opposed to FREE (but often unfair) TRADE. Also, higher tariffs for nations with human rights issues (to include Australia and New Zealand) seem fair. However, complex requirements to prove the exact origin of items in foreign nations is burdensome for smaller businesses and tilts the weights in favor of giant businesses with money for people to deal with the red tape. I recommend this book which dives into the subject of lobbyists more deeply. [URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13331153-who-stole-the-american-dream-can-we-get-it-back?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=a6eGKKLsbD&amp;rank=1[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MartyMcFly, post: 1554384, member: 22678"] This is corrupt and shows why lobbyists are bad for the common people. This should be illegal. However, I don't think the USA should interfere with Chinese politics in this way. It is their country and as long as they don't kidnap Americans and force them into slave labor, it is not really our business. A simpler and less controversial approach is to introduce tariffs to encourage FAIR TRADE as opposed to FREE (but often unfair) TRADE. Also, higher tariffs for nations with human rights issues (to include Australia and New Zealand) seem fair. However, complex requirements to prove the exact origin of items in foreign nations is burdensome for smaller businesses and tilts the weights in favor of giant businesses with money for people to deal with the red tape. I recommend this book which dives into the subject of lobbyists more deeply. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13331153-who-stole-the-american-dream-can-we-get-it-back?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=a6eGKKLsbD&rank=1[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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