Is Trade with China Harmful to USA???

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Is there any reason why trading and getting cheap labor/goods from china could possibly hurt our US economy??

it is more beneficial that harmful correct?
i got into an arguement with my teacher who said it is harmful to our economy because we lose jobs or something like that...

what can i say to her?

her main arguement was the loss of jobs...how can i counter this?

***YES***
They have different laws than the USA does.
The USA is careful about toxic and cancer causing substances... In China they are not under our manufacturer regulations.
For example: Have you ever walked in to a "Dollar Store" and smelled the initial throat closing poisonous fumes that come off of their items?= all made in China!
I bought a head set at Walmart and there was a plastic warning tab it stated:
WARNING: This product is know by the State of California to be made with cancer causing substances!
"Terrific" I thought, "just one more way China is hurting our people.... Other than stealing from our Gross National Product"
Measures of national income and output are used in economics to estimate the value of goods and services produced in an economy. Some of the more common measures are Gross National Product (GNP), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Gross National Income (GNI), Net National Product (NNP), and Net National Income (NNI). In relation to greening the national accounts the United States Congressional Budget Office concludes "a gradual process of modifying measures of national economic performance is consistent with the history and development of the national accounts."[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gnp... Source(s): It really comes down to, are you for the American people or are you against them...
Traitor or Blessed Citizen?
For the Good or for the Bad?
(No matter what the cost...)
I will pay a more to buy American!
If Americans are well paid and have jobs there are less crime rates as there is less a reason to steal
=more available jobs etc.
It is all related, cause and effect.
***Keep our money in our Country for the use of our people for their good living, not to enrich communist countries!***
Please, please, please take heed!

The question should be fair trade vs free trade. I'm still debating this issues with myself. But I'm reading more on both sides so I'll have to get back with you.
you cant its true
Trade with China is not harmful. What is harmful is the lack of balance in the trade. We bring/allow in too many of their cheap goods without being allowed to export the same.
Labor Unions forcing their way into your company is harmful to the USA.

We would not go to China if Unions did not demand overpriced labor and can strike your company and put it out of business.
yes it can harm our economy because of jobs that we lose but it also helps us because we get some products cheaper because of this, ending our trade with China would hurt China more than us, bc of the economy there depend so much on the U.S. without our trade they would starve