Cesar Zepeda-Soto. Mr. Wilson. 6Th Period . Should Imports

In 2004 according to a report America’s imported as much as Japan, Germany, China and India combined.

Mostly, when we were trading with other countries, we wanted to find as many as possible and keep them to ourselves, away from the other countries wanting to trade. The U.S. did this because our country was expanding, and so was out economy. We mostly traded with China, which was flowing with products that the U.S. wanted and needed. In this time, the U.S. has traded more than ever. In William Howard Taft’s First Annual message, it states, “To-day, more than ever before, American capital is seeking investment in foreign countries, and American products are more and more seeking foreign markets.” This shows how we were in need of

Although the United States’ trade with China seems beneficial, trade with China, a country which does not care for even its own people, might be a bad decision. The country of China has much lower standards for human rights, meaning that they also have little regard for the wellbeing of people from other countries. Furthermore, China does not permit freedom of speech for its citizens, who have little way of pronouncing their dissatisfaction over political or other matters. Finally, to a certain point, the Chinese people are restricted of their religious rights. Although the U.S. believes that trade with China is beneficial for both parties, commerce with China, whose government has low standards for human rights, particularly those

* Products that are commonly imported in the United States are oil, cars, and clothes. These products are very important to humanity.

From January until October in 2010 imports from China to the United States this year were $299,026.0 million and only $72,276.2 million in exports to China, leaving a U.S. trade deficit of -226,749.8 million - this is according to the U.S Census Bureau U.S Foreign Trade Statistics. Here we can examine that Chinese

First of all, the amount of clothing in the United States that had been purchased from other countries has been increasing in great numbers. Most clothing in America was made in America until the 1970’s when clothing from outside countries started becoming more common. This happened because labor costs were much cheaper in other countries than in America, causing the products from those countries to also be much cheaper than those made in the United States and retailers were gaining better profits. The minimum wage in the United States is $7.26 per hour, while in China the average clothing factory worker earns $1.26 an hour and $0.52 in Cambodia. By 1990, of all the clothing sold in America, fifty percent were made in America- which has

logistics, which is totally different from what we’ve heard of. That is, the rise of China benefits

Although the Chinese apparel manufacturers would lose profitability due to rising cotton prices and competition from emerging countries, they stand to gain the most from the removal of U.S. quotas and tariffs. According to the author, in 2007, 95% of the 20 billion garments Americans made were purchased overseas. Due to U.S. trade barriers, China’s share of the U.S. apparel import was only 30%. Once these barriers were removed, Chinese apparel would flood the American market due to their low cost and dominance in garment manufacturing. Experts predict that China could eventually supply 85% of U.S. apparel. As they increase their market share in the

Americans love to shop. With malls everywhere you go, shopping just might be America's favorite past time! When you are out shopping though, do you ever stop to think where all of those clothes and shoes come from? When I was younger, well, actually until recently, I always thought they were all made by machines. Shirt machines, pants machines…you get the picture. I have learned, however, that for the most part, clothes are still made on sewing machines, by people, and often under circumstances that we can only imagine.

In fact, there was so much economic activity driven by China that they experienced a shortage of shipping containers for transporting goods. An important factor that has contributed to their economic rise was a conservative management of their relationship with the United States— this is important, considering that the United States is

In history, We often point to the 1970s as the starting point for US-China trade, but I found that actually it can go back to the 18th century after the American Revolution. At that time, Americans got tea, silk, and porcelain was primarily through the British East India Company, but there was also a lot of smuggling going on at the same time. Anyway, it wasn't that the Americans went to China to get these goods (Christina). Later, Americans got well involved in the China trade after they beat the British in the revolution. After the war finished, the British East India Company's monopoly did not exist any more, so the Americans could go to China and they did by driving (Christina). Besides, another element that gave them the financial

The United States and China share the most imbalanced bilateral trade relationship in the world. The United States imports more goods from China than it exports to a tune of $202 billion dollars each year. All told, China alone accounts for nearly 26% of the

In terms of geographical breakdown of imports, again the major trading partner is Asia accounting for around 66 per cent followed by Europe 17 per cent and USA 9 per cent. The import/export imbalance with respect to the USA is one of the reasons causing discomfort in Washington

The Chinese are an emerging economy that has taken over the world's production in recent years. In fact China is now considered to be the world's factory, as all the major players in the world outsource all or some of their manufacturing activities to the country. All this would not have been possible without the help of technology and with the state of globalization being such, that logistics and distances are becoming shorter and shorter.

Another challenge is that despite the ability to manufacture products cheaper in China, there is a flip side to this situation and that is that sometimes, that “made in America” sign on the back of a product could mean more than the few dollars more it costs to buy that product. Some Americans, in their spirit of patriotism, care more about supporting the American economy than saving a little bit here and there buying products that were manufactured outside of the United States. Balancing the stigma sometimes associated with making a product in a foreign country with the lower costs that usually comes along with that is important in doing business in China as well.