2012年中國之殤（帶字幕 (Death By China 2012 (with subtitles))

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[MALE INTERVIEWER] YOU GOING TO BE OKAY?
I'M 63 YEARS OLD.
I'M LIKELY TO SKATE MY WAY TO THE GRAVE,
BUT I HAVE THREE YOUNG CHILDREN WHO ARE ALL ENGINEERS,
AND I WORRY ABOUT THEIR ABILITY TO WORK
IN AMERICAN MANUFACTURING DOWN THE ROAD...
[MACHINERY CHUGGING]
[MAN] I THINK THAT THE WATER'S GOING TO GET HOTTER AND HOTTER,
AND IF THERE IS NO EVENT TO WAKE PEOPLE UP,
I THINK CHINA CAN JUST OWN
MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND MORE OF OUR DEBT,
AND EVERYTHING'S FINE
UNTIL THAT MAGICAL MOMENT WHEN IT'S NOT,
AND ALL THE SORRIES IN THE WORLD
AREN'T GOING TO MAKE THAT ANY DIFFERENT.
[MALE NARRATOR] THE FILM YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE
ADDRESSES ONE OF THE MOST URGENT PROBLEMS FACING AMERICA--
IT'S INCREASINGLY DESTRUCTIVE TRADE RELATIONSHIP
WITH A RAPIDLY RISING CHINA.
AS YOU WATCH THIS FILM,
IT IS IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS DISTINGUISH CLEARLY
BETWEEN THE GOOD AND HARDWORKING PEOPLE OF CHINA
AND THEIR REPRESSIVE COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT
NOW VICTIMIZING BOTH AMERICAN AND CHINESE CITIZENS ALIKE.
I'M HERE TO BUY ME A BIG-SCREEN TV,
MY FIRST BIG SCREEN, MAN,
40 INCH, FOR 265.
[INTERVIEWER] WHERE'S THAT PRODUCT MADE?
PROBABLY IN CHINA.
CHINA. CHINA.
THIS IS MADE IN CHINA.
[INTERVIEWER] DO YOU KNOW HERE THAT BIKE WAS MADE?
NO, BUT I KNOW IT'S HUFFY.
WHERE WERE THESE PRODUCTS MADE? DO YOU KNOW?
PROBABLY FROM CHINA WHERE EVERYTHING ELSE IS MADE.
OH, THIS [BLEEP] IS MADE IN AMERICA.
[MAN] WELL, AMERICAN IS BETTER.
SO IS THIS AMERICAN?
I'M NOT SURE IF IT IS AMERICAN,
BUT HOPEFULLY IT IS.
[MAN #2] YEAH, I THINK I GOT A GREAT DEAL.
YOU CAN'T BEAT 300 BUCKS FOR A 46-INCH TV.
TELL YOU THE TRUTH,
I DIDN'T EVEN COME HERE EXACTLY FOR THIS,
BUT I SEEN IT AND COULDN'T PASS UP THE DEAL, MAN.
FOR, YOU KNOW, $200, YOU CAN'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, BEAT THAT,
SO THEY TOLD ME IT WAS 200,
AND NOW THAT'S IN MY-- IT'S IN MY CART NOW.
DID YOU SEE WHERE IT WAS MADE?
OH, YEAH, IT WAS MADE IN CHINA.
HEY, I'M FINE WITH IT, YOU KNOW.
IF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN'T PROVIDE ME WITH WHAT I NEED,
I GOTTA GET IT FROM CHINA.
HEY, IT IS WHAT IT IS, YOU KNOW,
I'M JUST BEING TRUTHFUL.
DON'T HATE ME.
SO HOW DO YOU FEEL WHEN AMERICANS BUY CHINESE PRODUCTS?
I FEEL REALLY BAD BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IS
IT'S NOT JUST AMERICA IS BUYING UP CHINESE PRODUCTS.
IT'S THAT AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS.
I WAS LAID OFF THREE TIMES WITHIN SIX MONTHS
UNTIL I WAS PERMANENTLY LAID OFF.
I GRADUATED WITH MY BACHELOR'S IN 2004.
I'VE BEEN OUT TRYING TO USE THAT OF COURSE
BECAUSE I SPENT A LOT OF MONEY GOING TO SCHOOL,
AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING.
CHINA, I THINK, IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR WIPING OUT A GOOD DEAL OF THE MANUFACTURING
THAT WE HAVE, OR HAD, IN NORTHEAST OHIO.
AND I THINK THAT IS CONTINUING
AS THEY CONTINUE TO MANIPULATE THEIR CURRENCY,
AS THEY CONTINUE TO NOT HAVE THE LEVEL OF WORKPLACE SAFETY
OR ENVIRONMENTAL OR HEALTH STANDARDS
THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
SO WE'VE SEEN OUR WHOLE MANUFACTURING BASE
UPROOT AND REPLANT
IN A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN COMMIT CRIMES AGAINST WORKERS
AND JUST GO OUT TO DINNER THAT NIGHT.
SO WHEN A LARGE COMPANY
DECIDES TO MOVE ITS PRODUCTION OFF SHORE
AND IT CLOSES A FACTORY
IN A CITY OR A TOWN IN THE UNITED STATES,
THAT BASICALLY LEAVES-- IT'S LIKE A BLACK HOLE.
SUDDENLY THAT FACTORY JUST DISAPPEARS,
AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOES DOWN WITH IT.
JOBS DISAPPEAR,
AND THE WAY THE ECONOMY'S GOING RIGHT NOW,
IT'S TOUGH TO FIND A JOB.
I JUST RECENTLY FINISHED GRADUATE SCHOOL,
AND EVEN COMING OUT WITH THAT, IT'S STILL HARD TO FIND ONE.
SOME OF THE WORKERS AT COMPANIES,
LITERALLY THEIR LAST ACT AT THE FACTORY
WAS TO UNBOLT THE MACHINE
AND LOAD IT UP TO BE SHIPPED OFF TO CHINA.
I EVEN TALKED TO A FELLA DOWN THERE.
THEY WANTED TO SEND HIM
OVER TO CHINA TO TEACH THE PEOPLE
HOW TO RUN THE MACHINES THAT THEY WERE SHIPPING OVER THERE.
HE WAS 63 YEARS OLD.
HE SAID, "I ONLY GOT TWO MORE YEARS TO GO,
AND I CAN RETIRE, SO I'M NOT GOING TO BOTHER DOING IT."
HE SAID, "BAD ENOUGH THEY TOOK MY JOB.
NOW THEY WANT ME TO SHOW THEM HOW TO DO IT, TOO."
PEOPLE WHO WERE SUPPLYING THAT PLANT WITH MATERIALS,
EQUIPMENT, MAINTENANCE SERVICES,
EVEN THE ACCOUNTING FIRMS,
DESIGN FIRMS, R&D FIRMS,
AND THEN ALL THE OTHER SERVICES AROUND IT, LIKE RESTAURANTS,
WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM?
THEY'RE DOOMED. THEY GO DOWN WITH IT.
THEY CAN'T FOLLOW THAT COMPANY OFFSHORE TO SHANGHAI.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO BE UNEMPLOYED
BECAUSE YOU HAVE A MORTGAGE
AND YOU HAVE YOUR REGULAR BILLS YOU HAVE TO PAY.
YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR A CAR,
AND YOU HAVE TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE,
AND WHEN YOU HAVE JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY
FROM THE STATE COMING IN,
SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO MAKE IT.
I'M TRYING TO GET FOOD.
LIKE, THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR.
I MEAN, THIS IS NOT JUST AN UNEMPLOYMENT LINE.
THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HUNGRY, AND I'M HUNGRY.
AND IT JUST REALLY IS UNFAIR
THAT BEING IN A COUNTRY AS GREAT AS THE UNITED STATES
TO HAVE OUR PEOPLE STRUGGLING THE WAY THEY ARE
TO NOT FIND WHAT IS JUST COMMON-- YOU WORK.
THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
AND FOR THEM NOT TO FIND THAT MONTH AFTER MONTH AND MONTH,
IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE PRESIDENT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE--
HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW WHO TO POINT THE BLAME TO.
IF WE TALK ABOUT WHO'S TO BLAME,
I THINK PARTIALLY OUR OWN GOVERNMENT.
OUR GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING.
THEY COULD HAVE STEPPED IN, I THINK, A LONG TIME AGO.
PLEASE HEAR US, AND PLEASE UNDERSTAND
THAT COMPANIES LIKE THIS ARE SPECIAL.
SMALL COMPANIES ARE WHAT MAKES AMERICA,
AND UNLESS SOMEBODY DOES SOMETHING
ABOUT UNRESTRICTED IMPORTING,
YOU'RE GONNA LOSE THE REST OF US, TOO.
WE'VE NEVER HAD A REALLY BIG AND HOSTILE COUNTRY
COME INTO OUR MARKETS.
MOST OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION WE HAVE FACED,
FROM JAPAN, FROM GERMANY, FROM THE REST OF EUROPE,
HAS COME WITHOUT A SENSE
THAT BEHIND IT WAS A GOVERNMENT
THAT HAS SOUGHT CONFRONTATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES
ON A REGULAR BASIS.
THE WTO-- IT'S NOT BASED HERE.
WHO IN THE UNITED STATES IS ON THE WTO?
DOES ANYBODY KNOW?
IN 2001 CHINA JOINED THE WTO-- THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION--
WITH THE STRONG SUPPORT OF A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT
AND A REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED CONGRESS.
BEFORE THE INK WAS DRY ON THIS FREE TRADE AGREEMENT,
CHINA BEGAN FLOODING AMERICAN MARKETS
WITH ITS ILLEGALLY SUBSIDIZED
AND VERY DANGEROUS EXPORTS
WHILE THE BIG MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES
THAT HAD LOBBIED HEAVILY FOR THE AGREEMENT
RAPIDLY ACCELERATED THE OFF SHORING OF AMERICAN FACTORIES
AND AMERICAN JOBS TO CHINA.
TODAY, AS A RESULT OF THE BIGGEST POLITICAL SHELL GAME
IN AMERICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY,
CHINA HAS STOLEN THOUSANDS OF OUR FACTORIES
AND MILLIONS OF OUR JOBS,
MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION PROFITS ARE SOARING,
AND WE NOW OWE OVER $3 TRILLION
TO THE WORLD'S LARGEST COMMUNIST NATION.
THIS WAS NOT HOW IT WAS SUPPOSED TO TURN OUT--
[MAN] LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
...WHEN WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON
WAS SELLING CHINA'S ENTRY
INTO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
IF YOU BELIEVE IN A FUTURE OF GREATER OPENNESS AND FREEDOM
FOR THE PEOPLE OF CHINA,
YOU OUTTA BE FOR THIS AGREEMENT.
IF YOU BELIEVE IN A FUTURE OF GREATER PROSPERITY
FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
YOU CERTAINLY SHOULD BE FOR THIS AGREEMENT.
IF YOU BELIEVE IN A FUTURE OF PEACE AND SECURITY
FOR ASIA AND THE WORLD,
YOU SHOULD BE FOR THIS AGREEMENT.
THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
IT'S AN HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY
AND A PROFOUND AMERICAN RESPONSIBILITY.
IN PUSHING FOR CHINA'S ENTRY INTO THE WTO,
PRESIDENT CLINTON EMBRACED A DOCTRINE DATING BACK
TO PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON,
KNOWN IN WASHINGTON CIRCLES AS THE "POLICY OF ENGAGEMENT."
[FILMSTRIP NARRATOR] PEKING-- HISTORIC SITE
FOR AN UNPRECEDENTED MEETING BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.
PRESIDENT AND MRS. NIXON ARRIVE
AND PREMIER CHOU EN LAI IS ON HAND
TO EXTEND AN OFFICIAL WELCOME
TO THE PRESIDENTIAL COUPLE.
IT'S MR. NIXON'S INITIAL MOVE
TOWARDS HIS SELF-PROCLAIMED GOAL-- A GENERATION OF PEACE.
[NARRATOR] HERE, PRESIDENT CLINTON OFFERS HIS OWN VISION
OF THE GOAL OF ENGAGING CHINA.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S RIGHT
TO CRACK DOWN ON PEOPLE
FOR THEIR RELIGIOUS VIEWS OR THEIR POLITICAL EXPRESSION
OR BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE
IN AN ASSOCIATION LIKE THE FALUN GONG.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT,
BUT I DON'T BELIEVE
THAT WE WILL HAVE MORE INFLUENCE ON CHINA
BY GIVING THEM THE BACK OF OUR HAND.
IN MASTERFULLY ARGUING
FOR CHINA'S ENTRY INTO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION,
PRESIDENT CLINTON
PROMISED THE BRIGHTEST OF FUTURES
FOR BOTH AMERICAN WORKERS AND AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS.
ECONOMICALLY, THIS AGREEMENT
IS THE EQUIVALENT OF A ONE-WAY STREET.
IT REQUIRES CHINA TO OPEN ITS MARKETS
WITH A FIFTH OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION,
POTENTIALLY THE BIGGEST MARKETS IN THE WORLD.
FOR THE FIRST TIME CHINA WILL AGREE TO PLAY
BY THE SAME OPEN TRADING RULES WE DO.
NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME OUR COMPANIES
WILL BE ABLE TO SELL AND DISTRIBUTE PRODUCTS IN CHINA
MADE BY WORKERS HERE IN AMERICA.
AND BY ECONOMICALLY ENGAGING CHINA,
BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARGUED,
THIS WOULD ULTIMATELY DEMOCRATIZE THE CHINESE DRAGON
AND FREE THE CHINESE PEOPLE.
WE HAVE WAGED AN INTENSE BATTLE
IN SUPPORT OF AN IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE, AND THAT IS FREEDOM.
AND THE PEOPLE OF CHINA AND THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES
WILL BENEFIT ENORMOUSLY.
AFTER THE VICTORY VOTE,
THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE MAJORITY LEADERS
WOULD CELEBRATE THE BI-PARTISAN VICTORY
WITH THE CRACKING OPEN OF A CEREMONIAL FORTUNE COOKIE.
I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT THESE THINGS.
WHOA.
[SPECTATORS LAUGHING]
IT'S GOT A LOTTERY NUMBER. NO.
IT SAYS NEW AMERICAN PROVERB--
NEW PROSPERITY AWAITS YOU
BECAUSE NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS.
YEA.
IT'S A CONFRONTATION OF WORLD VIEWS
THAT WE WILL WIN,
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE.
SO JUST WHAT HAS AMERICA'S FUTURE LOOKED LIKE
SINCE CHINA JOINED THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION IN 2001?
WE ARE IN A TRADE WAR
AND STEALING, LYING, AND CHEATING
ON THE PART OF THE CHINESE IS ALL PART OF IT.
FREE TRADE'S GREAT STUFF IF YOU CAN GET IT,
BUT WHAT WE HAVE WITH CHINA IS NOT FREE TRADE.
FOR CHINA TO SELL SOMETHING AT 1/10th THE PRICE
OF WHAT IT WOULD COST IN THE UNITED STATES TO PRODUCE,
THEY ARE CHEATING MONUMENTALLY,
IN A MAJOR, MASSIVE SORT OF WAY.
ON EVERYTHING.
WHEN CHINA JOINED THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION IN 2001,
IT PROMISED TO STOP CHEATING
AND PLAY BY FAIR TRADE RULES.
THAT MEANT ABANDONING UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES
LIKE CURRENCY MANIPULATION,
ILLEGAL EXPORT SUBSIDIES...
AND ABUSING ITS WORKERS.
INSTEAD, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
HAS USED THESE WEAPONS OF JOB DESTRUCTION
TO LAUNCH A SUSTAINED AND DEVASTATING ATTACK
ON AMERICA'S FACTORIES AND JOBS
WHILE FLOODING OUR MARKETS
WITH DANGEROUS PRODUCTS.
THERE'S NO QUESTION
THAT A LARGE PART OF CHINA'S COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
HAS COME FROM ENVIRONMENTAL NEGLECT.
BUT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S WILLINGNESS TO USE POLLUTION
AS A COMPETITIVE EDGE
HAS COME AT A VERY HEAVY PRICE.
[MAN] CHINA HAS THE MOST DEGRADED ENVIRONMENT IN THE WORLD.
SIXTEEN OF THE WORLD'S 20 DIRTIEST CITIES
ARE LOCATED IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC.
LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF THEIR URBAN AIR
MEETS THE AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
SET BY THE EUROPEAN UNION.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING,
PARTICULARLY TO THE LUNGS OF CHILDREN BREATHING AIR LIKE THAT.
[McCORMACK] IN ONE FELL SWOOP,
YOU CAN MOVE YOUR PRODUCTION TO CHINA
AND NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH A HUNDRED YEARS OF REGULATIONS
THAT WE'VE PUT INTO PLACE TO PROTECT OUR WORKERS,
TO PROTECT OUR SOCIETY,
JUST BY MOVING YOUR PRODUCTION TO CHINA
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY.
THEY HAVE WHAT WE HAD PROBABLY IN 1910.
THE MOST TRAGIC STORY IS THE "CANCER VILLAGES"
BECAUSE OF TOXIC METALS IN THE SOIL,
BECAUSE OF THE POLLUTION,
BECAUSE MANUFACTURERS
HAVE NOT BEEN FORCED TO CLEAN UP THEIR PLANTS,
AND SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE HAVE
IS THE WORLD'S MOST DEGRADED ENVIRONMENT.
WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HEAVY METALS POLLUTION,
AIR POLLUTION, WATER POLLUTION,
CHINA'S GOT IT ALL.
AND PARTICULARLY FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES
LIKE CHEMICALS OR STEEL,
THE ABILITY TO WANTONLY POLLUTE IN CHINA
ADDS UP TO A HUGE COST ADVANTAGE
IN THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE.
[MAN] IF A COMPANY LIKE BAO STEEL IN CHINA
IS ALLOWED TO DUMP POLLUTION INTO THE YANGTZE RIVER
WHEN, SAY, A UNITED STATES STEEL COMPANY
IS NOT ALLOWED TO DO THE SAME IN THE OHIO RIVER,
THAT'S GOING TO BE A SOURCE OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
FOR THE CHINESE
BECAUSE POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS MONEY.
IT PROVIDES THEM AN ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE
IN ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS OF APPROXIMATELY $40 A STEEL TON,
OR REPRESENTS ABOUT 5% OF THE COST OF PRODUCING THAT STEEL.
[INTERVIEWER] IS A 5% COST ADVANTAGE SIGNIFICANT?
IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY
A 5% COST ADVANTAGE IS GREATER THAN OUR PROFITABILITY.
AND HERE'S THE ULTIMATE IRONY--
THE MORE WE ALLOW OUR AMERICAN MULTINATIONALS
TO OFFSHORE PRODUCTION TO CHINA,
THE MORE TOTAL GLOBAL POLLUTION WE CREATE
AND A GOOD BIT OF THAT
COMES RIGHT BACK TO AMERICA BY WAY OF THE JET STREAM.
CARBON EMISSIONS IN CHINA PER THOUSAND DOLLARS OF GNP
ARE SEVEN TIMES WHAT THEY ARE IN THE UNITED STATES.
THAT LEADS TO CARBON EMISSIONS AND PARTICULATE MATTER
FALLING ALL ALONG THE COAST OF THE UNITED STATES.
25% OF THE PARTICULATE EMISSIONS
FALLING IN CALIFORNIA
ARE FROM ASIA IN GENERAL AND CHINA IN PARTICULAR.
[WOMAN] THEY'RE GOOD AND BAD REASONS
WHY GOODS ARE CHEAP IN THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY.
THE GOOD REASON IS THAT SOMEBODY IS A GOOD PRODUCER,
THAT THEY'RE QUICK, THAT THEY GET THE PRODUCT TO MARKET,
THEY HAVE GOOD TECHNOLOGY,
THAT THEIR WORKERS ARE EFFICIENT AND WELL-TRAINED.
THE BAD REASON IS THAT THE WORKERS ARE TREATED LIKE DIRT.
WHEN THE WORKERS IN CHINA ARE BEING ABUSED,
THEN WORKERS IN AMERICA HAVE A TOUGHER TIME COMPETING AGAINST THEM.
[McCORMACK] AS AN EMPLOYER IN CHINA,
DO YOU HAVE ANY REGULATIONS YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH,
LIKE OSHA, LABOR REGULATIONS?
DO YOU HAVE TO PAY EVEN SOCIAL SECURITY OR MEDICARE?
DO YOU HAVE TO PROTECT YOUR WORKERS IN DIFFICULT OR UNSAFE CONDITIONS?
NO.
NO, NO, NO, NO.
NO, YOU DON'T.
YOU GO TO PRISON IF YOU TRY TO FORM A LABOR UNION.
FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION,
THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE AND BARGAIN COLLECTIVELY,
ARE COMPLETELY ABSENT IN CHINA TODAY.
THERE'S NO EQUIVALENT TO OSHA, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY REGULATIONS--
AND THEY LOSE ABOUT 130,000 MEN AND WOMEN TO--
AND THAT'S THE ONES THEY REPORT ON--
TO ACCIDENTS PER YEAR
THAT MANY OF WHICH COULD BE PREVENTED WITH GOOD PROTECTION.
THEY DON'T COMPLY WITH THEIR OWN CHILD LABOR LAWS,
PRISON LABOR LAWS, HEALTH AND SAFETY LAWS,
MINIMUM WAGE LAWS.
WELL, THERE'S A DR. LEE,
WHO LIVES IN NEW JERSEY,
WHO WAS ACTUALLY AN AMERICAN CITIZEN,
AND HE WAS IN CHINA, AND HE WAS ARRESTED
AND KEPT IN ONE OF THEIR WORK CAMPS FOR THREE YEARS.
WHEN HE WAS FINALLY RELEASED,
THANKS TO PRESSURE FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
HE CAME BACK TO NEW JERSEY, AND HE WAS IN A STORE,
AND HE SAW THESE BIG SLIPPERS THAT HE'D MADE IN THE WORK CAMP.
HOW CAN WAL-MART, OR ANYONE ELSE IN THE UNITED STATES,
ALLOW PRODUCTION FACILITIES IN CHINA
TO SELL GARMENTS, CHOPSTICKS,
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
THAT ARE MADE IN FORCED LABOR CAMPS?
[WU] YOU CAN GO TO CHINA, GO TO EVERY PRISON CAMP.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT ARE THE PRISONERS DOING.
EVERYBODY VERY BUSY.
IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT CHINA CURRENCY MANIPULATION,
BUT A LOT OF IT IS.
CHINA MANIPULATES ITS CURRENCY
BY ILLEGALLY PEGGING THE VALUE OF THE CHINESE YUAN
TO THAT OF THE U.S. DOLLAR
AT A RATE FAR BELOW MARKET VALUE.
MOST ECONOMISTS WOULD SAY
THAT CHINA GETS ANYWHERE FROM A 25 TO 40 CENT ADVANTAGE
FOR EVERY DOLLAR.
SO IT'S LIKE HAVING A TARIFF ON GOODS COMING
FROM THE UNITED STATES OF 40 OR 50%
BY THE AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE UNDERPRICING THEIR CURRENCY.
IT ALSO GIVES THEIR EXPORTS
TO THE UNITED STATES
A SUBSIDY OF 40 OR 50%
TO CAPTURE OUR MARKET
AND KNOCK OUT DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES
THAT MIGHT BE COMPETING WITH THEM.
SIMPLY, AN UNDERVALUED CURRENCY
MAKES CHINESE COFFEEMAKERS $10 A PIECE
INSTEAD OF 15 OR 20.
AND IT MAKES AMERICAN CARS IN CHINA $30,000 INSTEAD OF 25.
IN OTHER WORDS,
CHINA'S MANIPULATED CURRENCY
ACTS AS A HUGE SUBSIDY
TO CHINESE EXPORTS TO AMERICA
AND AN EQUALLY BIG TARIFF BARRIER
BLOCKING AMERICAN EXPORTS TO CHINA.
THE RESULT--
MORE JOBS IN CHINA,
FEWER JOBS IN AMERICA,
AND A HUGE AND CHRONIC AMERICAN TRADE DEFICIT WITH CHINA.
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT DENY THIS.
CHINESE OFFICIALS THEMSELVES
SAY THAT THEY FIX THE VALUE OF THEIR CURRENCIES
TO HELP CHINESE WORKERS.
WHEN PREMIER WEN JIABAO WAS IN THIS COUNTRY RECENTLY,
HE SAID, "IF WE ALLOW THE CURRENCY TO FLOAT,
CHINESE COMPANIES ARE GONNA GO BANKRUPT."
OKAY, BUT WHAT ABOUT AMERICAN WORKERS?
[REP. RYAN] THEY'RE CHEATING ON THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
BY JUST FLAT OUT PIRATING STUFF FROM THE UNITED STATES.
YOU DON'T WANT CHINA TO GET THEIR HANDS ON YOUR LATEST PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY, WHATEVER,
BECAUSE THEY WILL COPY IT,
AND THEY WILL TURN AROUND AND PRODUCE IT.
MOST FAMOUSLY, COPYRIGHT PIRATES IN CHINA ARE STAMPING OUT DISNEY DVDS.
THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY KNOWS OF.
WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT IS THE THEFT OF THE BLUEPRINTS,
FOR EXAMPLE, FOR HIGH TECHNOLOGIES.
I MEAN, I HEAR ALL THE TIME ABOUT AMERICAN COMPANIES
WHO FIND THEMSELVES COMPETING IN THE MARKETPLACE WITH A CHINESE PRODUCT,
AND THEY TAKE IT APART,
AND THEY FIND THEMSELVES LOOKING IN THE MIRROR
BECAUSE THE CHINESE HAVE JUST STOLEN THE PLANS OF THEIR OWN PRODUCT.
AND ONE OF AMERICA'S HIGHEST TECH COMPANIES
HAS CERTAINLY EXPERIENCED THIS KIND OF PIRACY FIRSTHAND
AND A SCHOOL OF VERY HARD KNOCKS AT THE HANDS OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
[CHANG] GOOGLE CAME INTO THE CHINESE MARKET
AND OF COURSE, IT ENDED UP WITH A DOMINANT MARKET SHARE.
BUT BEIJING WANTED BAIDU, A LOCAL COMPANY,
TO BE ABLE TO OUTPACE GOOGLE.
WHAT BEIJING DID
WAS IT HACKED GOOGLE'S NETWORK,
IT STOLE ITS SOURCE CODE,
AND NOW BAIDU HAS MORE THAN 75% OF THE CHINA SEARCH MARKET.
THIS SHOWS THAT BASICALLY BEIJING WANTS THE LOCAL COMPANIES
TO BE THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS.
BUT SOMETIMES CHINESE PIRATES
AREN'T CONTENT JUST TO STEAL THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
OF AN AMERICAN CORPORATION.
SOMETIMES THEY JUST TAKE THE WHOLE COMPANY.
SO FELLOWES IS A COMPANY THAT MAKES SHREDDERS-- PAPER SHREDDERS--
AND THEY MOVED-- LIKE EVERYBODY--
THEY MOVED THEIR PRODUCTION TO CHINA.
THEY HIRED A COMPANY TO RUN THEIR PRODUCTION FOR THEM,
AND SUDDENLY, ONE DAY,
THEIR EMPLOYEES WERE LOCKED OUT OF THEIR OWN PLANT.
SO FELLOWES WENT FROM HAVING A LARGE PRODUCTION BASE IN CHINA ONE DAY
TO THE NEXT DAY, THEIR PARTNER SUDDENLY SHUT THEM OFF,
SHUT THEM DOWN.
THE MORAL OF THE FELLOWES STORY IS,
YOU BETTER BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN YOU MOVE YOUR PRODUCTION TO A COMMUNIST COUNTRY.
IT MAKES NO SENSE THAT CHINA,
WHO PRODUCES 45% OF THE STEEL IN THE WORLD,
HAS HIGH MANUFACTURING COSTS
YET SELLS STEEL AT THE LOWEST COST IN THE WORLD
AND IS GROWING AT A RATE OF 7 OR 8%.
THIS GROWTH FROM A HUNDRED MILLION TONS
TO 700 MILLION TONS,
GROWING BY 50 MILLION TONS PER YEAR,
IS ALL DUE TO STATE SUBSIDIES.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT AMERICAN COMPANIES
CANNOT COMPETE
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT COMPETING WITH CHINESE COMPANIES.
THEY ARE COMPETING WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY,
IT MOST CERTAINLY WILL RESULT IN MORE UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE U.S.
AND TO THE ADVANTAGE OF CHINA.
WE'RE CHUMPS.
SO JUST HOW BIG OF A CHUMP
HAS AMERICA BEEN FOR SUPPORTING CHINA'S ENTRY
INTO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION IN 2001?
IT'S LIKE WE'RE IN THE SUPER BOWL OF GLOBALIZATION,
AND IN FACT WE'RE BEING TAKEN APART.
AND IN THIS SUPER BOWL OF GLOBALIZATION,
WHEN YOU TALLY UP THE SCORE ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
AND CONSIDER THE PLIGHT OF TIBET,
THE TORTURE OF THE FALUN GONG,
AND THE CRUSHING OF RELIGION AND DEMOCRACY,
THIS MUCH IS CLEAR.
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS THE WORLD'S WORST HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSER
ON THE PLANET TODAY.
AND WHEN YOU TALLY UP THE SCORE
ON CHINA'S RAPID MILITARY BUILDUP,
THIS, TOO, IS CLEAR...
[CHANG] CHINA IS THE ONLY MAJOR NATION IN THE WORLD
THAT IS PREPARING TO KILL AMERICANS.
AND OF COURSE,
WHEN YOU COUNT THE JOBS LOST
AND FACTORIES GONE
AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS OUT OF WORK--
AMERICAN MANUFACTURING HAS BEEN IN AN ABSOLUTE CRISIS
OVER THE LAST DECADE.
51/2 MILLION MANUFACTURING JOBS GONE.
57,000 MANUFACTURING FACILITIES CLOSED IN THIS NATION.
SO YOU'RE IN A MASSIVE JOBLESS RECOVERY.
YOU'VE GOT 28 MILLION WOMEN AND MEN
WHO ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF UNEMPLOYMENT,
TWICE THE OFFICIAL NUMBER.
WHEN YOU TALLY UP ALL THESE SCORES,
IT'S CRYSTAL CLEAR
THAT CHINA'S ENTRY INTO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
HAS BEEN BOTH A LOSING, AND A VERY DANGEROUS, PROPOSITION--
EVEN AS AMERICA HAS ALL BUT COMPLETELY SURRENDERED
ITS MANUFACTURING BASE TO CHINA.
WE DON'T MAKE A SINGLE CELL PHONE IN THE UNITED STATES,
NOT ONE IS MADE IN THE UNITED STATES.
[MAN] THERE IS NOT A SINGLE MODERN FLAT PANEL DISPLAY FACTORY
IN THE UNITED STATES.
DOES THAT MATTER?
ARE FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS IMPORTANT FOR MILITARY APPLICATIONS?
I THINK SO. THEY'RE WIDELY USED.
EVERY AIRPLANE, EVERY HELICOPTER HAS THEM.
THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW
IS UNABLE TO PUT A SINGLE MILITARY AIRCRAFT INTO THE SKY
WITHOUT USING COMPONENTS BUILT BY POTENTIAL ADVERSARIES.
WE PRODUCE ABOUT $3 BILLION WORTH OF PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS
IN THE UNITED STATES.
CHINA PRODUCES ALMOST $20 BILLION.
MACHINE TOOLS, WE PRODUCE $2.7 BILLION.
CHINA'S CONSUMPTION WAS 10 TIMES THAT AMOUNT.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A MACHINE TOOL INDUSTRY,
DO YOU HAVE AN INDUSTRY?
IT'S, YOU KNOW, A BASIC COMPONENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE GREEN INDUSTRIES
THAT SOME OF OUR POLITICIANS SAY WILL CREATE
THE JOBS OF THE FUTURE?
[PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA] THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS
WHY WE'RE ACCELERATING THE TRANSITION
TO A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY
AND DOUBLING OUR USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
LIKE WIND AND SOLAR POWER,
STEPS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO CREATE WHOLE NEW INDUSTRIES
AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW JOBS IN AMERICA.
BUT HERE'S THE GRIM REALITY.
WE PRODUCE 4% OF THE WORLD'S GLOBAL OUTPUT OF SOLAR.
ONE OF THE THINGS HAPPENING IN THE MARKET RIGHT NOW
IS IT'S BEING SWAMPED BY LOW-COST MULTI-CRYSTALLINE
AND POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICONE SOLAR CELLS FROM CHINA.
WE DON'T MAKE COMPUTERS.
WE DON'T MAKE PRINTERS.
WE IMPORT 99% OF OUR SHOES.
MASS-PRODUCED CONSUMER PRODUCTS--
WE BASICALLY DON'T MAKE THEM ANYMORE.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST MASS-PRODUCED CONSUMER GOODS
WE ARE LOSING TO CHINA.
SOME OF OUR VERY BEST PAYING MANUFACTURING JOBS
ARE ALSO NOW QUITE LITERALLY BEING SHANGHAIED.
[MAN] BOEING, AT ITS PEAK IN THE SEATTLE-EVERETT AREA,
HAD ABOUT 50,000 EMPLOYEES.
THAT WAS NO MORE THAN FIVE YEARS AGO.
20,000 OF THOSE JOBS
HAVE NOW MOVED TO CHINA IN JUST THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
[McCORMACK] APPLE EMPLOYS 26,000 PEOPLE
IN ITS DESIGN OF MAKING NEW PRODUCTS.
IT EMPLOYS, THROUGH FOXCONN,
700,000 MANUFACTURING WORKERS IN CHINA.
THEY'RE AN AMERICAN COMPANY. THEY'RE HEADQUARTERED HERE.
ALL THEIR JOBS ARE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AMERICANS NEED THOSE JOBS,
BUT THEY ALL EXIST IN CHINA.
EVERY ONE OF THOSE MANUFACTURING JOBS EXISTS IN CHINA.
THESE ARE JOBS THAT COULD VERY EASILY BE IN SILICON VALLEY,
IN OREGON, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA,
IN GENERAL ALONG THE COAST
FOR WHICH THERE ARE WELL-TRAINED AND VERY INTERESTED WOMEN AND MEN
WHO WOULD TAKE THEM IN A HEARTBEAT.
AND EVEN WHITE-COLLAR WORKERS
ARE NOW IN CHINA'S CROSS-HAIRS.
[MAN] THE WHITE COLLAR WORKER UNDERSTANDS
THAT CHINA IS NOW MOVING UP IN THE FEEDING FRENZY TO,
FOR EXAMPLE, SOFTWARE AND OTHER KINDS OF PRODUCTION.
THEY'RE MOVING AWAY FROM JUST PROCESS TECHNOLOGY
UP TO MORE REALLY INTELLECTUAL TECHNOLOGY.
NOW, IT'S NOT A VERY BIG PART OF THEIR ECONOMY,
BUT YOU CAN LOOK IN THE UNITED STATES.
IT'S HAVING A DEVASTATING EFFECT.
IF THE JOBS FOR PRODUCTION MOVE TO CHINA,
THE SUPPORT JOBS FOR WHITE COLLAR,
TO A BIG DEGREE, WILL MOVE TO CHINA.
MEANWHILE, OUR RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING CHINESE DEBT
HAS BECOME A NATIONAL JOKE, LITERALLY.
...AND TO ALLOW THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO DEFAULT. [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
I'D SAY CHINA IS MAD AT PRESIDENT OBAMA
FOR MEETING WITH THE DALAI LAMA.
I MEAN, COME ON.
OBAMA DOESN'T OWE THEM ANYTHING.
EXCEPT LIKE $14 TRILLION.
AND THAT DEBT REPRESENTS A VERY REAL CLAIM
ON AMERICAN ASSETS.
...AND THEN CHINA WOULD BACK A TOW TRUCK UP TO KANSAS
AND DRAG IT OFF TO GUANGDONG PROVINCE.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
I FIND IT IRONIC THAT THE CORNER OF CAPITALISM,
THE J.P. MORGAN BUILDING DOWN ON WALL STREET,
IS NOW OWNED BY A CHINESE COMPANY.
AS FOR THAT HOPE
THAT ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT
WOULD LEAD TO A MORE FREE AND DEMOCRATIC CHINA,
GEORGE BUSH, SENIOR.
REMEMBER HIM.
HE WAS THE AMBASSADOR TO CHINA WAY BACK WHEN.
AND SO HE LIKED CHINA.
HE LIKED THOSE GUYS OVER THERE.
THINGS ARE GOOD IN CHINA.
ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CHINA
HAS NOT LED TO ITS BECOMING MORE DEMOCRATIC.
IT HAS LED TO A MORE SOPHISTICATED,
BETTER-FINANCED FORM OF AUTHORITARIANISM.
AND IRONICALLY ONE OF THOSE MEASURES OF REPRESSION
HAS BEEN THE INTERNET ITSELF,
WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO SET CHINA FREE.
[McCORMACK] CHINA IS LESS FREE TODAY
THAN IT WAS WHEN THEY ENTERED THE WTO.
CHINA HAS 50,000 INTERNET POLICE
WHO ARE TRACKING EVERY DAY THEIR CAPABILITIES,
WHO'S SAYING WHAT,
TO BE ABLE TO TRY AND KEEP THINGS LIKE TIANANMEN SQUARE,
DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM, AND THOSE TERMS
OFF THE INTERNET.
AND THESE CYBER COPS
HAVE HAD PLENTY OF HELP FROM AMERICAN COMPANIES
IN BUILDING THE GREAT FIREWALL OF CHINA.
[REP SMITH] GOOGLE, YAHOO, CISCO,
AND THE CAPABILITY THEY HAVE SOLD TO CHINA,
ESPECIALLY FOR ITS SECRET POLICE,
HAS ENABLED THEM TO SEARCH,
APPREHEND, DISCOVER THE WHEREABOUTS,
GET CACHES OF NAMES,
PARTICULARLY ONLINE
WHERE IF YOU SEND YOUR EMAILS TO OTHER PEOPLE,
THEIR IP ADDRESSES QUICKLY YIELD TO WHAT THEIR PHYSICAL ADDRESSES ARE,
AND THEY'RE THEN APPREHENDED AND ARRESTED.
PERHAPS THE MOST SHAMEFUL ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION
MAY BE FOUND IN YAHOO'S ROLE
IN THE JAILING OF A CHINESE CITIZEN NAMED SHI TAO.
HERE'S A GUY, A JOURNALIST,
WHO SENT INFORMATION TO AN NGO
ABOUT WHAT THEY COULDN'T SAY OR DO
AS THE TIANANMEN SQUARE REMEMBRANCE DAY WAS COMING UP
OR DAYS AND HE SENT IT TO A NEW YORK NGO.
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT KNOCKED ON THE DOOR OF THE YAHOO PEOPLE,
ASKED FOR THE INFORMATION,
THEY JUST COUGHED IT RIGHT UP,
AND SHI TAO GOT TEN YEARS FOR THAT.
AS FOR THOSE FALUN GONG PRACTITIONERS
AND OTHER DISSIDENTS SINGLED OUT BY PRESIDENT CLINTON...
I HAD A HEARING ON THE FALUN GONG,
AND HOW THEY'RE THROWING THESE PEOPLE IN JAIL BY THE THOUSANDS,
AND THEY'RE HARVESTING ORGANS.
THE WAY IT WORKS IS THAT IF SOMEBODY GOES-- WANTS A LIVER, SAY,
THEY FLY TO SHANGHAI,
AND THEY PROBABLY GO CHECK INTO THE NUMBER ONE PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL IN SHANGHAI.
A MILITARY SURGEON, PROBABLY IN UNIFORM, ONE I'M THINKING OF,
COMES UP AND DOES THE [UNINTELLIGIBLE] TESTS
AND THE BLOOD TEST AND SO ON.
THEN HE-- HE OR SHE--
LOOKS ON THE COMPUTER LIST AND SAYS,
"OH, THERE'S A MATCH OUT IN WORK CAMP 400."
THE POOR VICTIM,
WHO MATCHES WHAT YOUR ORGANS NEED,
IS DRAGGED INTO A SORT OF HOSPITAL,
GIVEN A LIGHT ANESTHETIC IN MOST CASES,
AND NEVER WAKES UP
BECAUSE THEY TAKE NOT JUST ONE KIDNEY.
THEY TAKE BOTH KIDNEYS, THE LIVER, HEART, EVERYTHING,
AND THEIR BODY IS THEN BURNED,
AND THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY
FLIES THE ORGAN TO SHANGHAI
FROM WHEREVER THE CAMP HAPPENS TO BE,
AND YOU'RE TOLD YOU'RE GETTING THE ORGAN
FROM A CONVICTED MURDERER OR SOMETHING.
I MEAN, THIS IS A GROTESQUE TALE
OF THE WORST KIND OF OPPRESSION AND GHOULISHNESS
ON THE PART OF RULERS OF A COUNTRY.
AND HERE IS WHAT TOO MANY AMERICAN POLITICIANS
SEEM TO HAVE SUCH A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING.
WEI JINGSHENG TOLD ME, IN BEIJING RIGHT BEFORE HE GOT RE-ARRESTED,
"YOU AMERICANS DON'T UNDERSTAND.
"WHEN YOU CODDLE DICTATORSHIP,
"WHEN YOU KOWTOW AND YOU CARRY THE DICTATORSHIP AROUND ON A PILLOW,
"THEY BEAT US MORE IN THE LAOGAI.
"WHEN YOU'RE TOUGH, PREDICTABLE,
TRANSPARENT ON HUMAN RIGHTS, THEY BEAT US LESS."
BUT AT LEAST ENGAGING CHINA ECONOMICALLY
HAS MADE THE RULING COMMUNIST PARTY MORE PEACEFUL, RIGHT?
CHINA'S MILITARY POWER IS STRENGTHENING VERY, VERY RAPIDLY.
THEY ARE BUILDING UP THEIR MILITARY CAPABILITIES
IN HARD WEAPONS AS WELL AS IN CYBER SECURITY.
CHINA HAS A POPULATION WHICH IS ABOUT FIVE TIMES THE SIZE OF THE UNITED STATES,
AND THAT MEANS THAT IF THEY HAVE A COMPARABLE LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT,
THEY PROBABLY WILL END UP WITH A MILITARY FIVE TIMES LARGER.
AND I DON'T CARE WHAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE WE HAVE.
IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO PREVAIL
OVER AN ADVERSARY THAT IS FIVE TIMES LARGER.
[REP. ROHRABACHER] WHAT CHINA IS BUILDING
IS JUST NOT A MASSIVE FLEET
OR A MASSIVE GROUND ARMY,
BUT IT'S DEVELOPING A MODERN, WELL-EQUIPPED,
TECHNOLOGICALLY CAPABLE MILITARY.
AND IN SOME CASES,
IT NEED NOT BE CHINA PULLING THE TRIGGER...
[MAN SPEAKING FARSI] ...MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD!
...OR LAUNCHING THE MISSILES, AS THE CASE MAY BE.
[RICHARD FISHER] WE ARE ON THE ONSET OF AN AGE OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM.
WE SEE PAKISTAN CRUMBLING
WHILE IT BUILDS MORE AND MORE NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
WHY DOES PAKISTAN HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS?
WHY DOES IT HAVE THE MISSILES TO DELIVER THEM?
BECAUSE OF CHINA.
WE'VE BEEN IN A NEAR 30-YEAR DIALOGUE
WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
TRYING TO ARREST THIS BEHAVIOR
THAT IS SUPPORTING NOT ONLY PAKISTAN'S,
BUT NORTH KOREA'S AND IRAN'S FUTURE NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES.
CHINA REFUSES TO LISTEN AND RESPOND.
WHEN A NUCLEAR BOMB GOES OFF ON SOME HIGHWAY
EITHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY,
CHANCES ARE A LOT OF THOSE COMPONENTS ON THAT BOMB
ARE GOING TO SAY MADE IN CHINA.
I HAD MY CHILDREN'S THOMAS THE TRAIN SETS RECALLED
BECAUSE OF THE INK ON THE RED ONES WAS LEAD POISONED.
THEY'RE NOT ONLY RUINING OUR ECONOMY.
THEY'RE POISONING OUR CHILDREN WITH THE TOYS THAT WE GIVE THEM.
I WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT PRODUCTS I BUY
BECAUSE I WANNA KNOW THAT THEY'RE SAFE AND THEY'RE GOOD.
I WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT PRODUCTS I BUY
BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PRODUCING THOSE
ARE BEING TREATED PROPERLY.
AND I WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE PRODUCTS I BUY
BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE
THAT THE PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY
ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO HAVE JOBS AT A DECENT WAGE.
AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE TIED TOGETHER.
[PETER NAVARRO] EVERY TIME A CONSUMER WALKS INTO A WAL-MART,
THE FIRST THING THEY HAVE TO DO
IS TO BE AWARE ENOUGH TO LOOK FOR THE LABEL.
THEN, WHEN THEY PICK UP THAT GOOD AND IT SAYS "MADE IN CHINA,"
I WANT THEM TO THINK,
HMPH. IT MIGHT EITHER BREAK DOWN OR IT COULD KILL ME, NUMBER ONE.
THIS THING, IF I BUY IT,
MIGHT COST ME OR SOMEONE IN MY FAMILY OR MY FRIENDS THEIR JOB.
LASTLY, HEY, IF I BUY THIS,
THAT MONEY IS GOING TO GO OVER TO HELP FINANCE
WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY THE MOST RAPID MILITARY BUILDUP
OF A TOTALITARIAN REGIME SINCE WHEN?
THE '30s.
I MEAN, MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT THAT.
91% OF EVERY PRODUCT IN A WAL-MART STORE
IS MANUFACTURED IN CHINA.
WAL-MART SPENT $50 BILLION IN CHINA TWO YEARS AGO.
IF WAL-MART WERE A COUNTRY,
THEY WOULD BE CHINA'S FOURTH LARGEST TRADING PARTNER.
WHEN AN AMERICAN GOES INTO A WAL-MART
AND BUYS A PRODUCT MADE IN CHINA,
THAT PERSON IS THINKING JUST PRICE.
IF YOU'RE A PERSON ON A PENSION
SHOPPING AT WAL-MART,
YOU KINDA LIKE THE GREAT WALL OF MART.
BUT WHAT THEY REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT
IS HOW THAT PRODUCT GOT THERE.
IT GOT THERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A PREDATORY SYSTEM
WHICH IS REALLY TRYING TO UNDERCUT AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS
AND THEREFORE AMERICAN WORKERS.
[INTERVIEWER] AND WHEN CONSUMER GOES INTO WAL-MART
AND PICKS UP A GOOD MADE IN CHINA,
WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO THINK ABOUT
BEFORE THEY GET TO THE CASH REGISTER?
THINK ABOUT YOUR RELATIVE THAT JUST GOT LAID OFF
OR THE FACTORY THAT JUST GOT SHUT DOWN.
THINK ABOUT THE SCHOOL
THAT IS DOING WITH LESS
BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURING BASE
HAS GONE AND THE TAX BASE HAS LEFT.
THINK ABOUT THE LOWER INCOME THAT YOU'RE RECEIVING NOW
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT MAKING PRODUCTS,
AND WE'RE NOT BUYING OUR OWN PRODUCTS.
WHEN AMERICANS BUY A PRODUCT FROM WAL-MART,
I WANT THEM TO REMEMBER THE CHILDREN, THE FAMILY,
THE WORKERS WHO HAS EARNED VERY, VERY LITTLE
FROM THOSE PRODUCTS.
THIS IS NOT JUST AN ECONOMIC MATTER.
THIS IS A SECURITY MATTER
BECAUSE THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS MADE IT CLEAR
THAT IT WANTS TO UNDERMINE AMERICA'S ROLE IN THE WORLD.
SO, YEAH, THINGS ARE CHEAP AT WAL-MART,
BUT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES.
BUT EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO CONSIDER
THE BROADER ECONOMIC
OR NATIONAL SECURITY CONSEQUENCES
OF CONSUMING GOODS MADE IN CHINA,
YOU MAY AT LEAST WANT TO THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN PERSONAL SAFETY
AND THAT OF YOUR FAMILY.
[MORICI] IF YOU PUT IT IN YOUR MOUTH OR THE HANDS OF A CHILD,
DON'T BUY IT FROM CHINA.
OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS,
WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF SCANDALS INVOLVING CHINESE PRODUCTS.
AND THESE PRODUCTS HAVE KILLED PEOPLE NOT ONLY IN CHINA,
BUT ALSO IN THE UNITED STATES.
DO YOU WANT TO BUY PIPE FOR YOUR RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY
THAT'S GOING TO PUT ALL THE WATER INTO EVERYBODY'S HOUSES
THAT IS TAINTED WITH ARSENIC AND MERCURY
SO THAT IT'LL LEACH OUT INTO YOUR WATER
SO THAT WHEN YOU TURN ON YOUR SPIGOT IN YOUR HOUSE,
YOU'RE SUDDENLY, YOU KNOW, CONTAMINATING YOURSELF
BECAUSE THAT PIPE WAS MADE CHEAPER IN CHINA?
GOODYEAR TIRE OUTSIDE OF MONTREAL,
IT CLOSED ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO
AND PUT 850 PEOPLE OUT OF WORK,
MOVED THE PRODUCTION TO CHINA
BECAUSE THEY COULD MAKE TIRES, I THINK, IT WAS FOR $4 A TIRE CHEAPER
AND NOT LONG AFTER THEY STARTED UP IN CHINA,
THE TRANSPORTATION AGENCY IN THE U.S.
SAID THE TIRES BEING PRODUCED THERE WERE UNSAFE.
I MEAN, IS THIS WHAT CORPORATE AMERICA OR CORPORATE CANADA
THINKS IS THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE CONDUCTING THEMSELVES?
I DON'T THINK SO.
WE'RE IMPORTING A LOT OF THEIR APPLES.
THEY SPRAY THEM WITH ALAR, YOU KNOW.
THAT'S ILLEGAL IN THE UNITED STATES.
YOU WANT DDT ON YOUR APPLE?
BUY IT FROM CHINA,
AND WE'RE BUYING A LOT OF APPLES FROM CHINA.
WE'RE BUYING EVERYTHING FROM CHINA,
AND THEY'RE NO ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS.
[WOMAN] THERE IS A RISK OF SUFFOCATION,
THAT KIDS CAN GET TRAPPED AND DIE.
[WOMAN #2] THEY TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THEY PRONOUNCED HIM DEAD.
[WOMAN #3] ...MASSIVE RECALL OF A MILLION OF MATTEL'S FISHER-PRICE TOYS.
A RECENT BATCH MADE IN CHINA
CONTAINS TOXIC LEVELS OF LEAD PAINT.
[MAN] THE EYES OF THOSE TEDDY BEARS CAN LOOSEN AND FALL OUT,
IMPOSING A CHOKING HAZARD TO YOUNG CHILDREN.
[MAN #2] ACCORDING TO THE STATE MEDIA,
DOZENS OF BABIES HAVE DEVELOPED KIDNEY STONES IN RECENT DAYS.
[MAN] THOUSANDS OF PETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
DIED AFTER EATING TAINTED PET FOOD.
THAT LED TO A MASSIVE PET FOOD RECALL.
[MAN #3] MY WIFE BONNIE DIED IN DECEMBER
AFTER RECEIVING HEPARIN THAT WAS LATER RECALLED BY BAXTER.
MY SON RANDY DIED A MONTH LATER
UNDER THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES.
[WOMAN #4] SOME BRANDS HAVE BEEN FOUND
TO CONTAIN A TOXIC CHEMICAL USED IN ANTIFREEZE.
[MAN #4] PORK FROM PIGS FORCE-FED WASTEWATER.
[MAN #5] IF IT COMES FROM CHINA,
AND THE PRICE IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE,
THEN IT PROBABLY IS.
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT
FOR ANY COUNTRY
TO PROTECT THEIR CITIZENS FROM CHINESE PRODUCTS.
THE REAL PROBLEM HERE
IS THAT YOU HAVE A POLITICAL SYSTEM
THAT DOES NOT PUNISH MANUFACTURERS FOR BAD PRODUCTS.
AND IT'S BECAUSE IT'S THE NATURE OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM.
THE COMMUNIST PARTY DOES NOT ALLOW INDEPENDENT PROSECUTORS,
DOESN'T ALLOW A FREE PRESS,
DOESN'T ALLOW PEOPLE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT BAD PRODUCTS.
LET'S TAKE FISH.
THERE ARE 3.5 MILLION FISH FARMS IN CHINA.
THE FISH ARE RAISED IN CONTAMINATED PONDS.
THEY ARE FED ALL KINDS OF HORMONES,
AND THE BIGGEST MARKET FOR THAT FISH
IS THE UNITED STATES.
85% OF THE TILAPIA COMES FROM CHINA.
MOST OF OUR SHRIMP COMES FROM CHINA.
U.S. FDA ONLY HAS THE ABILITY
TO INSPECT ONE PERCENT OF THE FISH COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES.
65% PERCENT OF THE ONE PERCENT THEY REJECT.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CONFISCATE THE FISH,
SO IF THE SHIP COMES INTO CHARLESTON AND GETS REJECTED,
THEN IT GOES TO MIAMI OR NEW ORLEANS
OR SOME OTHER PORT
AND EVENTUALLY THE FISH GETS IN.
AND BECAUSE OF SUCH DANGERS,
AMERICANS ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE AWARE
OF THE MADE-IN-CHINA LABEL
BUT THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS GUARANTEE ONE'S SAFETY,
OR CONVENIENCE.
I PERSONALLY DO LOOK AT THE LABELS OF WHERE THINGS ARE MADE,
BUT SOMETIMES I GO TO BUY THINGS,
AND IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND SOMETHING
THAT ISN'T MADE IN CHINA.
WELL, MY WIFE'S A GOOD CARD-CARRYING LIBERAL.
SHE BELIEVES IN ALL THE WORTHY CAUSES IN THE WORLD
AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING,
AND SHE'S AN INTELLIGENT WOMAN I WANT TO SAY
FOR THE RECORD.
LITTLE BY LITTLE I REALIZED
THAT CHINA WAS GETTING TO WHERE IT WAS
AND THE UNITED STATES WAS GETTING TO WHERE IT WAS
BECAUSE THERE WAS ALL THIS CURRENCY MANIPULATION,
AND IT JUST SEEMED LIKE THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
WAS NOT DOING A WHOLE LOT
IN THE NAME OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
TO TRY TO STOP WHAT WAS GOING ON IN CHINA,
WHICH WAS ABLE TO LURE A LOT OF JOBS.
SOME MONTHS AGO,
SHE DECIDED TO THE BEST OF HER ABILITY,
SHE WASN'T GOING TO BUY ANYTHING MADE IN CHINA.
SO OUR MICROWAVE OVEN FAILED.
WE DON'T HAVE A NEW MICROWAVE OVEN
BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT FIND ONE THAT WAS NOT MADE IN CHINA.
WHEN I WENT TO LOOK FOR A MICROWAVE OR FREE-STANDING MICROWAVE,
THERE WAS NOTHING THAT WASN'T MADE IN CHINA.
I WENT TO FIVE DIFFERENT STORES
FROM HIGH-END HARDWARE STORES TO LOW-END DISCOUNT PLACES.
NOTHING WAS AVAILABLE THAT WASN'T MADE IN CHINA,
AND MY EXPERIENCE WITH THINGS MADE IN CHINA
WAS THAT THEY WEREN'T HEALTHY,
YOU NEVER KNEW WHAT WAS IN THEM,
THEY DIDN'T WORK FOR VERY LONG,
AND THEY BROKE DOWN IF THEY WORKED IN THE BEGINNING.
SO I THEN DECIDED
I JUST WASN'T GOING TO BUY ANYTHING THAT WAS MADE IN CHINA.
SO WE JUST DO NOT HAVE A MICROWAVE ANYMORE.
RIGHT AROUND THE SAME TIME,
WE HAD AN UNDER-A-COUNTER ELECTRIC UNIT FOR HEATING
IN ONE OF THE ROOMS
AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED.
YOU COULDN'T GET ANY ELECTRIC BASEBOARD
THAT WASN'T MADE IN CHINA.
AND I THOUGHT WELL MY LAST ONE WAS MADE IN AMERICA.
I HAD IT FOR 23 YEARS. IT WORKED GREAT.
NOW I COULDN'T FIND IT.
AND I JUST GOT COMPLETELY DISCOURAGED
THAT NO AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS
WERE COMING IN TO PRODUCE QUALITY PRODUCTS OVER HERE.
AND THAT'S THE DILEMMA WE NOW FIND OURSELVES IN.
AS CHINA HAS USED ITS WEAPONS OF JOB DESTRUCTION
TO SO THOROUGHLY CAPTURE OUR MARKETS,
WE ARE LEFT WITH FEW CHOICES OTHER THAN TO BUY FROM CHINA.
BUT THE MORE WE BUY FROM CHINA,
THE MORE RISKS OUR FAMILIES FACE
FROM DANGEROUS CHINESE PRODUCTS.
AND THE MORE JOBS WE LOSE.
AND BECAUSE THIS IS TRUE,
WE NOW MUST ALSO CONFRONT THIS MUCH BIGGER TRUTH.
[MAN] WE IMPORT A LOT OF STUFF FROM CHINA,
BUT A LOT OF IT WE DON'T PAY FOR.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT NO GOODS TO SHIP IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION,
SO WE JUST SHIP BUNDLES OF DOLLAR BILLS,
BETWEEN TWO AND THREE TRILLION DOLLARS IS AVAILABLE
TO BUY UP PIECES OF AMERICA.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE LIVING BEYOND OUR MEANS.
WE HAVE AN ARTIFICIALLY HIGH STANDARD OF LIVING.
WE'RE CONSUMING MORE THAN WE CREATE.
THAT'S A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION,
AND ESPECIALLY IF YOUR PRINCIPLE CREDITOR
IS A NATION LIKE CHINA.
SO JUST EXACTLY HOW DID WE IN AMERICA
ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE BACKED INTO SUCH A DANGEROUS CHINESE CORNER?
WHEN YOU LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY,
IT'S ALWAYS SUBJECTED TO BEING HIJACKED,
AND OUR DEMOCRACY HAS BEEN HIJACKED
BY THE MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS.
THE CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ITS SHAREHOLDERS,
AND IT OFTEN HAS A LEGAL FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY
TO ITS SHAREHOLDERS.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS A RESPONSIBILITY
TO THE PEOPLE AND THE NATIONAL INTEREST.
THOSE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE SAME.
U.S. MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY PLANS
TO INCREASE EXPORTS TO CHINA
AFTER CHINA JOINED THE WTO.
THEY HAD PLANS TO MOVE PRODUCTION TO CHINA,
BUT THEY WERE, I'D SAY, DISHONEST OR DISINGENUOUS
BECAUSE THE WHOLE RHETORIC AROUND CHINA JOINING THE WTO
WAS ABOUT FREE TRADE AND OPENING MARKETS AND ENGAGING WITH CHINA.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, OUR COMPANIES
WILL BE ABLE TO SELL AND DISTRIBUTE PRODUCTS IN CHINA
MADE BY WORKERS HERE IN AMERICA.
WHEN IN FACT IT WAS REALLY SELF-INTEREST AND PROFIT MOTIVE
ON THE PART OF U.S. MULTINATIONALS
THAT DROVE THAT DEBATE.
AND U.S. CHINA COMMISSIONER AND BUSINESSMAN DAN SLANE
KNOWS FIRSTHAND
JUST HOW THIS OFFSHORING SHELL GAME IS WORKING,
SINCE CHINA JOINED THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION IN 2001
AND BEGAN FLOODING AMERICAN MARKETS
WITH ILLEGALLY SUBSIDIZED EXPORTS.
I HAD A PLYWOOD MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY,
SELLING PLYWOOD TO FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS IN THE UNITED STATES.
IN 2002, ALL OF MY COMPETITORS WERE MOVING TO CHINA.
ESSENTIALLY, I HAD TWO CHOICES--
I SHUT THE COMPANY DOWN, OR I MOVED IT TO CHINA.
AND I OPENED UP THREE FACTORIES IN CHINA
AND DELIVERED TO THE CUSTOMER IN THE UNITED STATES 50% CHEAPER
THAN I COULD MAKE IT IN BOWLING GREEN.
AND SLANE'S NEW FOUND COMPETITIVE EDGE
WAS ALL DUE TO CHINA'S ILLEGAL WEAPONS OF JOB DESTRUCTION.
MANIPULATING THE CURRENCY
WAS A HUGE HELP FOR ME,
BECAUSE IT KEPT OUR PRICES DOWN.
I HAD NO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES;
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
WAS THAT I COULD SELL MY PRODUCT AT COST
AND EVERY MONTH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
WOULD SEND ME A CHECK FOR 17% OF MY EXPORTS,
AND THAT WAS MY NET MARGIN AND MY PROFIT.
SO WAS SLANE WRONG TO OFFSHORE HIS FACTORIES TO CHINA?
THIS INTERCHANGE
WITH U.S. CHINA COMMISSIONER AND MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION LOBBYIST WILLIAM REINSCH
OFFERS SOME PERSPECTIVE:
IT'S NOT GENERALLY REGARDED
AS THE JOB OF A LARGE AMERICAN COMPANY TO SUBSTITUTE ITSELF
FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
WHAT MOST OF THE COMPANIES WANT TO DO
IS TO-- THEY WANT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH GOVERNMENT--
WITH U.S. LAW AND U.S. PRACTICE.
IF THE GOVERNMENT TELLS THEM THAT THEY WOULD LIKE THEM TO DO SOMETHING,
THEY GENERALLY DO IT.
[INTERVIEWER] SO THEY DON'T HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY PER SE
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
OTHER THAN OBEYING THE EXISTING LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
IS THAT FAIR?
WELL, WHAT RESPONSIBILITY WOULD YOU LIKE THEM TO HAVE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
OTHER THAN TRYING TO BE GOOD CORPORATE CITIZENS
AND TO BE PROFITABLE?
WOULD YOU DEFINE A GOOD CORPORATE CITIZEN
AS A COMPANY THAT MOVES ITS FACTORIES OVER TO CHINA
AND CREATES MASSIVE UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE MIDWEST?
IS THAT GOOD CORPORATE CITIZENRY?
WELL, I THINK THAT YOU'D HAVE TO ASK--
YOU'D HAVE TO LOOK AT-- YOU'D HAVE TO GO CASE BY CASE.
AND IN DAN SLANE'S CASE?
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MYSELF AND GENERAL ELECTRIC
IS THAT I HAD NO CHOICE.
I EITHER MOVE TO CHINA, OR I SHUT THE COMPANY DOWN.
I COULDN'T COMPETE.
JEFF IMMELT AT GENERAL ELECTRIC
DOES HAVE A CHOICE.
HE CAN SACRIFICE SOME PROFITS,
KEEP HIS TECHNOLOGY, AND IN THE LONG TERM
BE MUCH BETTER OFF MANUFACTURING IN THE UNITED STATES.
CONGRESSMAN TIM RYAN
UNDERSTANDS THIS DISTINCTION
BETWEEN SMALL DOMESTIC MANUFACTURERS
AND THE BIG, WELL-HEELED MULTINATIONALS
BETTER THAN MOST.
THERE'S A HUGE DIVIDE HERE
BETWEEN THE MOM AND POP TOOL AND DIE MAKER
THAT HAS BEEN IN YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO
FOR A HUNDRED YEARS
AND THE GLOBAL CORPORATION
THAT'S INVOLVED IN THE GLOBAL FINANCING OF ALL OF THIS STUFF,
THE GLOBAL MANUFACTURING,
AND NOT REALLY CONCERNED WITH ANY ONE COUNTRY.
THEY'RE CONCERNED WITH HOW THEY CAN BEST DO BUSINESS.
AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST OBSTACLES
TO PASSING TOUGH LEGISLATION
THAT WOULD STOP CHINA'S UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES
IS THE LACK OF POLITICAL CLOUT
OF AMERICA'S DOMESTIC MANUFACTURERS.
AND TO GO CHASING DOWN AFTER ALL OF THE POLITICAL RHETORIC
OF DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE AND THAT ISSUE
AND RUNNING TO ALBANY OR RUNNING TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
AND SETTING UP MEETINGS AND STUFF,
IT'S TOO COSTLY, IT'S TOO TIME-CONSUMING,
AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BUILDING DRUM-AND BARREL-HANDLING EQUIPMENT
AND HELPING THIS COMPANY TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND THAT'S THE ISSUE HERE.
THEY DON'T HAVE LOBBYISTS DOWN HERE.
THERE'S VERY FEW ORGANIZATIONS
THAT REALLY REPRESENT
THE SMALL AND MID-SIZED MANUFACTURERS.
I CAN THINK OF ONE OR TWO
THAT REALLY DO A GREAT JOB,
BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE IMPACT,
THE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS,
THE CORPORATE INFLUENCE
THAT SOME OF THE BIG DOGS HAVE.
AND JUST WHO IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST DOGS
ON THE CAPITOL HILL LOBBYING BLOCK?
BEHIND ME IS THE HEADQUARTERS
OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS,
WHICH UNFORTUNATELY HAS BECOME A MAJOR MISNOMER IN RECENT YEARS,
BECAUSE THE NAME REALLY SHOULD BE
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURING THINGS SOMEPLACE ELSE.
IF YOU GO BACK AND YOU LOOK
AT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS' MEETINGS
IN WHICH THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT
ENDORSING OR NOT ENDORSING THE RYAN-MURPHY CHINA CURRENCY BILL,
YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE WAS A HUGE SPLIT
WHERE THE SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED MANUFACTURERS ENDORSED THE BILL.
BUT THE 20% OF THE MEMBERSHIP
THAT GIVES 80% OF THE DUES
DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE RYAN-MURPHY CHINA CURRENCY BILL.
BRIAN O'SHAUGHNESSY
IS THE CHAIRMAN OF REVERE COPPER,
A COMPANY FOUNDED BY NONE OTHER THAN PAUL REVERE
AND THE OLDEST MANUFACTURER IN AMERICA.
AND O'SHAUGHNESSY HAS BEEN ON THE INSIDE
OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS
WHEN IT HAS OPPOSED BILLS LIKE THOSE OFFERED UP BY TIM RYAN
TO STOP CHINA'S CURRENCY MANIPULATION.
I STOOD UP BEFORE A GROUP
OF 300 OF THE MOST POWERFUL CEOs
IN THIS COUNTRY,
AND I TOLD THEM,
AS WE CONSIDER N-A-M SUPPORT OF THIS BILL,
I THINK THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE FACILITIES IN CHINA,
I THINK YOU SHOULD RECUSE YOURSELF FROM VOTING.
YOU'RE CONFLICTED.
YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN YOUR COMPANY AND YOUR COUNTRY,
AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
WELL, I WAS SHOT DOWN IN FLAMES.
BY ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES,
A LOT OF THESE COMPANIES ARE NOT AMERICAN COMPANIES ANYMORE.
[SLANE] GENERAL MOTORS TAKES TARP MONEY
AND OPENS UP FACTORIES IN CHINA.
CATERPILLAR TRACTOR
SHUTS DOWN PLANTS IN PEORIA
AND OPENS UP THREE FACTORIES IN CHINA.
GENERAL ELECTRIC AND BOEING
ARE ESSENTIALLY TRYING TO BECOME CHINESE COMPANIES.
LOOK AT COCA-COLA.
AMERICAN-SOUNDING COMPANY, ISN'T IT?
HOW AMERICAN CAN YOU GET OTHER THAN REVERE OR COCA-COLA?
THE PRESIDENT OF COCA-COLA IS FROM SOUTH AFRICA.
THE CHAIRMAN IS FROM TURKEY.
NOW, YOU WANNA ASK THEM
WHAT AMERICA'S INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY SHOULD BE?
YOU SHOULDN'T LISTEN TO THEM.
WHILE COCA COLA'S EXECUTIVE SUITE MAY LOOK LIKE THE UNITED NATIONS,
IT IS PURE BRED AMERICAN CEOs
FROM COMPANIES LIKE CISCO, FORD, IBM,
HONEYWELL, MOTOROLA, INTEL,
AND APPLE
THAT KEEP SENDING SO MANY OF OUR JOBS TO CHINA.
[MCCORMACK] WE DESIGN THE iPAD. GREAT.
WE GET THE PROFITS FROM THE iPAD. FINE.
WE DON'T GET THE JOBS.
PROFITS VERSUS JOBS.
THAT'S A CONFLICT RALPH GOMORY SEES
AS THE ROOT OF AMERICA'S OFFSHORING PROBLEM.
THEY ARE PURSUING MAXIMIZING PROFIT. THAT'S THEIR GOAL.
THE COUNTRY IS LOSING THE WAGE BILL.
AND ITS GOAL IS TO HAVE WAGES.
WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS RIGHT FOR THEIR SHAREHOLDERS
AND THEIR CONSTITUENTS,
BUT IT'S NOT RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA
WHO ARE UNABLE TO FIND WORK TODAY.
THE PROBLEM WITH OUR SYSTEM
IS THAT IT IS EVERYTHING IS SHORT TERM
SO WHEN YOU TALK TO A CEO
AND YOU SAY TO A CEO, AN AMERICAN CEO,
"DO YOU REALIZE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE YOUR TECHNOLOGY
AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE YOUR COMPETITOR?"
THE CEO SAYS,
"YES, BUT I ONLY HAVE THREE OR FOUR YEARS TO GET MY STOCK UP
SO I CAN GET MY BONUS,"
AND THEY KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD,
AND IT'S THE NEXT GUY'S PROBLEM.
THIS WILL END BADLY FOR ALL OF US,
BUT EVERYBODY IS SO SHORT TERM IN THINKING
AND IN THEIR TENURE
THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO TAKE CHANCES
THAT ARE RIGHT FOR TODAY
THAT THEY PROBABLY KNOW IN THEIR MINDS
IS LONG TERM BAD FOR AMERICA TOMORROW.
IRONICALLY,
NOBODY UNDERSTOOD THIS GROWING DIVERGENCE
BETWEEN CORPORATE INTERESTS AND THE COMMON GOOD
BETTER THAN CANDIDATE BILL CLINTON
DURING THE 1992 ELECTIONS.
YOU MUST DO YOUR PART.
YOU MUST BE RESPONSIBLE.
AMERICAN COMPANIES MUST ACT LIKE AMERICAN COMPANIES AGAIN,
EXPORTING PRODUCTS NOT JOBS.
BUT SUCH CORPORATE IRRESPONSIBILITY
WASN'T ALWAYS THE AMERICAN WAY.
CORPORATIONS USED TO THINK THEY HAD A STAKEHOLDER THEORY.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY HAD A RESPONSIBILITY TO THE NATION,
TO THEIR COMMUNITY, TO THEIR WORKERS,
AND TO THEIR SHAREHOLDERS.
SOMETHING MORPHED IN OUR OWN SYSTEM ABOUT 20, 25 YEARS AGO
WHERE SHAREHOLDER VALUE BECAME THE END-ALL AND BE-ALL,
AND THEN THE CEOs TIED THEIR OWN COMPENSATION
TO SHAREHOLDER VALUE,
AND THEN OTHER COUNTRIES
FIGURED OUT HOW TO INCENTIVIZE THEM
TO INCREASE SHORT-TERM SHAREHOLDER VALUE
BY TRANSFERRING PRODUCTION, MANUFACTURING, R&D THERE.
AND WE CAN NEVER FORGET
THAT WHEN CHINA MANIPULATES CURRENCY,
WHEN CHINA PROVIDES ILLEGAL SUBSIDIES OF ALL SORTS
FOR MANUFACTURING,
FOR THE ACT OF EXPORTING ITSELF,
THESE U.S.-OWNED COMPANIES BENEFIT.
THEY LIKE THE STATUS QUO,
THEY WANT TO PROTECT IT,
AND THEY HAVE PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR IT.
MONEY AND THE POWER OF AMERICA'S MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
IN INFLUENCING CHINA TRADE POLICY--
THAT'S SOMETHING TWO MEN FROM TWO DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT WORLDS
CAN AGREE ON.
I LIVE IN THAT WORLD.
I'VE WATCHED THOSE DOLLARS GO.
CAMPAIGN LAWS ALLOW THEM
TO SPEND UNLIMITLESS AMOUNTS OF MONEY.
IT'S A TSUNAMI.
BUT TO FORMER WHITE HOUSE ADVISOR JARED BERNSTEIN,
IT'S MORE THAN JUST MONEY AND POLITICS DRIVING OUR JOBS OFFSHORE.
IT'S ALSO THE PREVAILING FREE MARKET VIEW
IN THE OVAL OFFICE,
REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL PARTY.
I THINK THAT THERE IS A DEEPLY EMBEDDED VIEW
THAT I DO NOT THINK IS WHOLLY WRONG,
THAT CAPITAL MUST BE HAPPY
IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL ECONOMY.
AND NO MULTINATIONAL COMPANY
HAS BEEN HAPPIER TO MOVE ITS CAPITAL OFFSHORE
THAN GENERAL ELECTRIC,
BUT THIS IS TRULY A FOOL'S GAME.
[SLANE] THE CHINESE HAVE NO INTENTION
OF TURNING OVER THEIR DOMESTIC MARKET
TO FOREIGN COMPANIES.
ONCE THEY'RE ABLE TO MASTER THE TECHNOLOGY,
THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT
FOR FOREIGN CORPORATIONS TO MAKE A PROFIT.
WHEN I GO OUT AND DO SPEECHES TO CORPORATE AUDIENCES ON CHINA
AND THEY WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT STRATEGY,
IT'S LIKE. "HEY, YOU'RE GOING OVER TO CHINA.
"YOU'RE GIVING THEM YOUR AVIONICS
"SO YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN A REGIONAL JET GAME IN CHINA,
"AND TWO OR THREE OR FIVE YEARS FROM NOW,
"YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO SELL YOUR REGIONAL JETS IN EUROPE,
"AND YOUR BIGGEST COMPETITOR IS GOING TO BE THAT CHINA GUY.
HOW STUPID IS THAT?"
WHAT'S HAPPENING UNFORTUNATELY IN THE UNITED STATES
IS WAY TOO MANY OF OUR MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS,
NOT ONLY THEY'RE SHIFTING THEIR MANUFACTURING OVERSEAS,
BUT ALONG WITH IT GOES THEIR TECHNOLOGY,
THEIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
AND WHILE MANY OF US ARE CONCERNED, DEEPLY CONCERNED,
ABOUT THE LOSS OF JOBS,
WE'RE JUST AS CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOSS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
THAT'S SORT OF THE FUTURE OF AMERICA.
THE THING IS NOBODY HAS REALLY LOOKED
AT ALL THE INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN LOST.
IT'S VERY HARD TO GET INFORMATION ON THE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE GONE,
OR THAT ARE JUST ABOUT GONE,
BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T KEEP TRACK OF ANY DATA.
THEY DON'T FOLLOW INDUSTRIES.
THEY HAVE NO MARKET ANALYSTS
WHO FOLLOW SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES,
SO NOBODY KNOWS WHAT'S HAPPENED
WITH ALL OF OUR INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY THAT'S VANISHED,
OR IS IN THE PROCESS OF VANISHING.
THE NEXT THING YOU SEE IS YOU'RE NOT DOING ANY WORK OVER THERE YOURSELF.
THE CHINESE ARE DOING IT FOR YOU ENTIRELY.
AND WE SEE THAT.
THE TWO MID-RANGE AIRCRAFT IN THE WORLD
ARE THE AIRBUS 319 AND THE BOEING 737.
FIVE YEARS FROM NOW,
THE CHINESE HAVE ALREADY TOLD BOTH COMPANIES,
THEY WILL NO LONGER BUY EITHER AIRCRAFT.
THAT MID-RANGE AIRCRAFT, THE ONE THAT IS DOMINATE THROUGHOUT ASIA,
WILL BE ENTIRELY MANUFACTURED IN CHINA
UNDER A CHINESE MARK OR NAME
USING TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY TOOK
FROM AIRBUS ON THE ONE HAND AND BOEING ON THE OTHER.
? LOOK AROUND ?
? TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE ?
? EVERY DAY MORE PEOPLE IN THE STREET ?
? TOO BAD ?
? THEY SENT OUR JOBS AWAY ?
? IN CHINA THEY'RE NOT WORKERS, THEY'RE JUST SLAVES ?
? PEOPLE, WAKE ?
? IT'S A WORLD OF TRADE AND GREED ?
? AND THE CEOs GET RICHER ?
? AND OUR JOBS ALL MOVE OFF SHORE ?
? OH-OH-OH-OH ?
THE SOVIET UNION
COULD MAKE AN UNBELIEVABLE INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE,
BUT THEY COULDN'T MAKE A LOAF OF BREAD.
NOW, WE CAN MAKE A STEALTH FIGHTER,
BUT WE CAN'T MAKE A PAIR OF SHOES.
YOU CAN'T BE A WORLD POWER
IF YOU DON'T MAKE ANYTHING BUT HOT AIR,
AND WE'RE WELL ON OUR WAY TO THAT.
YOU CAN'T HAVE SUSTAINABLE, LONG-RUN ECONOMIC GROWTH
AT ROBUST LEVELS
IN THE ABSENCE OF A MANUFACTURING BASE.
LESS THAN NINE PERCENT OF AMERICAN WORKERS
ARE NOW IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR.
WE AS A COUNTRY CAN'T SURVIVE
INTO THE LONG TERM WITH UNDER 25%
OF OUR WOMEN AND MEN MAKING THINGS.
MANUFACTURING JOBS
HAVE A HIGHER MULTIPLIER THAN SERVICE INDUSTRY JOBS.
THAT IS TO SAY, EVERY ONE MANUFACTURING JOB THAT YOU BRING INTO A COMMUNITY
ULTIMATELY SUPPORTS HALF A DOZEN OTHER JOBS.
IF YOU ARE HONEST ABOUT HOW JOBS HAVE EVOLVED IN THE UNITED STATES,
SMALL BUSINESSES AROSE
ONLY WHEN THERE WAS A STABLE MANUFACTURING BASE PUT UNDER THEM.
MY MOTHER, AND MANY MOTHERS OF YOURS, I'M SURE,
UP ON THE COMMISSION,
THEY GAVE THEMSELVES HOME PERMANENTS.
IT WAS ONLY WHEN THERE WAS A STABILITY OF MIDDLE-CLASS INCOMES
THAT YOU HAD BEAUTY PARLORS AND NAIL SALONS
AND PIZZA PARLORS AND MCDONALDS
AND ALL OF THE THINGS WE THINK OF AS SMALL BUSINESS.
EVERY ONE MANUFACTURING JOB THAT YOU BRING INTO A COMMUNITY
ULTIMATELY SUPPORTS HALF A DOZEN OTHER JOBS.
THOSE MANUFACTURERS
PROVIDE THE GOOD-PAYING JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITY,
AND IT'S THE JOBS THAT A FATHER OR MOTHER CAN WORK AT THE FACTORY,
RAISE THEIR FAMILY,
HAVE SOME HEALTH CARE, HAVE A SAFE PENSION,
DONATE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY INTO THE BASKET IN CHURCH ON SUNDAY,
VOTE FOR THE SCHOOL LEVY,
VOTE FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE LEVY,
TO HELP BUILD STRONG COMMUNITIES,
AND WHEN THOSE FACTORIES GOT WIPED OUT
AND THEY WENT FROM 200 TO 30 PEOPLE,
IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT
FOR THESE COMMUNITIES TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES.
ULTIMATELY THE MOST IMPORTANT REASON
WHY AMERICA MUST RESTORE ITS MANUFACTURING BASE
IS TO HOLD ON TO THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, THE R&D.
THAT IS THE TAP ROOT OF ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
WE WILL NEED TO CREATE NEW JOBS IN NEW INDUSTRIES.
MANUFACTURING IS THE ORIGIN OF 70% OF U.S. R&D.
THAT'S TRUE EVEN TODAY.
YOU CAN'T DO YOUR R&D HERE AND DO YOUR MANUFACTURING THERE.
YOU CAN'T MOVE YOUR MANUFACTURING OVERSEAS
AND NOT MOVE YOUR TECHNOLOGY AND ALL YOUR ENGINEERING.
IT'S NICE TO DO R&D AND COME UP WITH A SUPER-DUPER DESIGN
OR A NEW PRODUCT, BUT IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT,
WHAT'S THE SENSE OF DOING THE R&D?
WHEN WE SAY WE'VE KEPT OUR TECHNOLOGY OR OUR I.P.
BUT WE'VE MOVED OUR MANUFACTURING,
THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE.
IT'S AN IMPOSSIBLE FEAT.
THEY'RE TOTALLY COUPLED.
SO AS MANUFACTURING HAS MOVED OFF SHORE,
R&D HAS GONE RIGHT WITH IT.
SO AS WE MOVE MORE AND MORE MANUFACTURING OVER TO CHINA,
AND PEOPLE CAN RE-ENGINEER
AND UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS ARE MADE,
WE ARE TEACHING THE COUNTRY
HOW TO COMPETE WITH US,
AND ULTIMATELY THEY ARE.
SO THAT THE NEW PRODUCTS,
THE NEXT CUTTING EDGE PRODUCT,
IS BEING DEVELOPED THERE
WHERE THE MANUFACTURING'S GOING ON IN CHINA
RATHER THAN HERE WHERE THE MANUFACTURING WAS
AND NOW IS NO LONGER.
? THERE'S NO OTHER WAY AROUND IT ?
? WE CAN'T MAKE IT ON OUR OWN ?
? ALL THE JOBS WENT TO CHINA ?
? NOW I'M LOSING MY OWN HOME ?
WE NEED TO CHANGE COURSE.
WE NEED DEFINITIVE U.S. ACTION.
WE NEED TO SHOW THE CHINESE THAT THERE ARE LIMITS,
THAT THEY HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS,
AND THAT IF THEY'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS,
THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF DOING BUSINESS WITH CHINA.
THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE OVER THERE.
BUT, IT SHOULD BE, IT MUST BE ON OUR TERMS.
IF IT'S NOT ON OUR TERMS,
THEN IT'S ON THEIR TERMS,
AND IF IT'S ON THEIR TERMS,
THEY DON'T HAVE OUR BEST INTERESTS IN MIND.
PEOPLE SOMETIMES SAY
THAT WE CAN'T STAND UP TO THE CHINESE ON ANY OF THESE ISSUES
BECAUSE WE RISK STARTING A, QUOTE, "TRADE WAR."
MY MESSAGE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
IS THAT WE ARE ALREADY IN A TRADE WAR.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH TAKING CHINA TO TASK?
THEY PIRATE OUR TECHNOLOGY.
THEY PIRATE OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.
THEY COUNTERFEIT OUR GOODS AND SERVICES,
AND NO ADMINISTRATION HAS THE BACKBONE TO STAND UP TO THEM.
IT'S BEEN DISMAYING FOR ME TO SEE
A SUCCESSION OF ADMINISTRATIONS,
BOTH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC,
UNABLE OR UNWILLING
TO TAKE ON THE CHINA TRADE IMBALANCE,
AND I WOULD SAY PART OF THAT IS THE VERY COZY RELATIONSHIP
THAT ANY WHITE HOUSE HAS WITH THE BIG MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
AND WITH THE INTELLECTUAL ELITE
THAT HAVE TAKEN A VERY SOFT VIEW ON THIS ISSUE,
SO I THINK BOTH DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATIONS
HAVE FAILED US IN THE SAME WAY.
SO HOW DO WE THE PEOPLE
OVERCOME THE POWER AND INFLUENCE
OF THE BIG MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES
AND THE DEADLY INERTIA
OF OUR POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
TO BRING ABOUT LONG OVERDUE CHANGES
IN THE U.S.-CHINA TRADE RELATIONSHIP?
IT ALMOST TAKES A MOVEMENT,
A TEA PARTY THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN--
THAT'S COMPLETELY DIVORCED OF LEFT OR RIGHT.
IT'S VIRTUALLY A TEA PARTY
THAT DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG,
WHICH IS VERY MUCH DIFFERENT THAN LEFT OR RIGHT.
I THINK THIS CAN ONLY HAPPEN
WHEN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO US
AND BEGIN TO DEMAND THAT THEIR CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS REALLY--
AND THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT--
TAKE ACTION IN THESE AREAS.
I THINK THAT AT EVERY LEVEL,
PEOPLE COULD BOYCOTT TO SOME EXTENT,
AND THERE WOULD BE A SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD.
IT'S GOT TO BE A WHOLE COMMUNITY EFFORT BY THE CITIZENRY,
BUT WE DO NEED TO CREATE JOBS.
IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN ACCIDENTALLY.
HERE'S THE MESSAGE THAT NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED.
YOU KNOW, LOOK. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.
THIS IS AN ECONOMY AND A GLOBAL ECONOMY
THAT HAS BEEN MADE BY POLICY CHOICES,
POLICY CHOICES THAT REALLY DO BENEFIT THE RICH
AND THE MULTINATIONALS.
THEIR INTERESTS NO LONGER COINCIDE
WITH THE INTERESTS OF THIS COUNTRY,
SO WE HAVE TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THIS COUNTRY.
THEY'LL DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THEIR COMPANY,
BUT WE HAVE TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THIS COUNTRY.
AND THAT MEANS ALL OF US COMING TOGETHER,
BUILDING AN ECONOMY THAT REALLY DOES WORK FOR EVERYBODY.
SO HOW DO WE BUILD SUCH AN ECONOMY?
WE HAVE TO DECIDE AS A NATION
THAT WE WANT MANUFACTURING,
THAT WE WANT PROSPERITY
AND THE GOOD JOBS AND INCOME THAT COME WITH MANUFACTURING.
THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS TO ME IS FLINT, MICHIGAN,
DAYTON, OHIO, AND BUFFALO, NEW YORK.
IF YOU DON'T REESTABLISH THE MANUFACTURING BASE
OF THIS COUNTRY
ROUGHLY AT THE LEVEL OF 20 TO 25% OF WORKERS,
AND THE MOST IMMEDIATE WAY TO DO THAT IS TRADE REFORM WITH CHINA.
THE BEST JOBS PROGRAM
IS TRADE REFORM WITH CHINA,
AND THE ARGUMENT IS PRETTY SIMPLE.
THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWS WITH ONLY FOUR THINGS--
CONSUMPTION, INVESTMENT,
GOVERNMENT SPENDING, AND NET EXPORTS.
AND WHEN YOU RUN A TRADE DEFICIT,
THE SIMPLE MATH OF THAT
IS THAT'S A NEGATIVE IN TERMS OF GROWTH.
I THINK THE NUMBER ONE THING
THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS TO DO
IS TO MOVE TO SAY WE ARE GOING TO BALANCE OUR TRADE.
LOOK, IF WE HAD HAD BALANCED TRADE,
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE HAD A DECADE OF A DRAG ON GDP
THAT AMOUNTED TO ALMOST A POINT PER YEAR,
SO OF COURSE WE WOULD BE BETTER OFF.
NOW, PEOPLE SAY, "HOW DO YOU DO THAT?"
I'M A YOUNG GUY WHEN PRESIDENT KENNEDY SAID, "WE'RE GOING TO THE MOON."
HE DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE HOW TO GET TO THE MOON,
BUT WE SET IT AS A NATIONAL GOAL
AND WE FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO IT
BECAUSE WE'RE A SMART, CREATIVE PEOPLE.
AND IF WE ARE TO TRULY BALANCE OUR TRADE,
WE CANNOT DO IT BY BOOSTING EXPORTS ALONE.
PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYS, "LET'S EXPORT MORE."
WE'RE NOW EXPORTING MORE THAN $100 BILLION A YEAR
IN GOODS AND SERVICES TO CHINA.
BUT IT ISN'T EXPORTS THAT MATTER.
IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
EXPORTS ARE GREAT,
BUT IF YOUR IMPORTS GROW MORE RAPIDLY THAN YOUR EXPORTS,
THERE'S A DRAIN ON DEMAND
FOR WHAT AMERICANS MAKE,
WE GET MORE UNEMPLOYMENT,
AND THE ECONOMY SINKS INTO THE KIND OF MESS WE'RE IN.
IF YOU LOOK AT AMERICA TODAY,
WE HAVE A VERY FAST-GROWING EXPORT SECTOR,
AND PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK WITH EXPORTS.
THAT'S JUST ALL SILLY.
AMERICA'S GOING TO COME BACK FROM "IMPORT SUBSTITUTION."
WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD IN EXPORTS.
WE SIMPLY NEED TO GET BACK OUR MARKET HERE.
IN FACT AMERICAN CONSUMERS AND CITIZENS
SEEM TO BE FAR AHEAD OF OUR POLITICIANS
WHEN IT COMES TO UNDERSTANDING
BOTH THE DANGERS WE FACE
AND THE NEED FOR FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE.
WE'RE A SUBSIDIARY OF CHINA AND GETTING WORSE AND WORSE
BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO OWN US PRETTY SOON.
NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.
WE EITHER WANT THE JOBS,
THE MANUFACTURING,
EVERYTHING HERE IN THE UNITED STATES,
AND WE'RE GONNA BUY IT,
BUT YOU GO TO THE STORE AND YOU LOOK FOR THE CHEAPEST THING,
WHICH USUALLY COMES FROM CHINA.
I DO BUY CHINA STUFF,
BUT I PREFER TO BUY AMERICAN THINGS.
[INTERVIEWER] WHY?
I THINK IT'S BETTER JUST TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMY HERE
RATHER THAN-- YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BUY CHEAPLY IN CHINA,
BUT I THINK IT'S BETTER FOR OUR ECONOMY IF WE BUY HERE.
WE'VE ALSO GOT TO LOOK AT OUR PRINCIPLES, TOO.
LOOK HOW THEY'RE LIVING.
IS THAT WHAT WE WANT TO SUPPORT?
WE OPEN UP OUR MARKETS TO EVERYBODY,
AND I THINK THAT IF THAT'S HOW IT'S GONNA BE,
IT NEEDS TO BE A TWO-WAY STREET,
AND I THINK POLITICALLY,
OUR SYSTEM HAS NOT SUPPORTED, YOU KNOW, THE AMERICAN WORKER,
THE AMERICAN PRODUCT FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
AND PERHAPS THE BIGGEST REASON OUR POLITICIANS ARE FAILING US
IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TRULY FORGOTTEN
THE PROPER ROLE OF GOVERNMENT.
I USED TO DEBATE A COLLEAGUE OF MINE,
MY COUNTERPART FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
AND HE USED TO SAY TO ME,
"YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT MY JOB TO PLAY SANTA CLAUS TO THE WORKERS
"OR TO PAINT MY COMPANY GREEN.
IT'S MY JOB TO MAKE MONEY FOR THE SHAREHOLDERS,"
AND I AGREE WITH THAT. THAT IS THE JOB OF CORPORATIONS,
BUT IT IS GOVERNMENT'S JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT COMPANIES ARE DOING THAT
WITHIN A FRAMEWORK THAT MAKES SENSE.
I THINK THE FIELD THAT WE'RE PLAYING ON
NOT ONLY NEEDS TO BE LEVEL,
BUT I THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE ON ONE FIELD.
WE'RE NOT EVEN ON THE SAME FIELD AS THE CHINESE.
WE ARE PAYING VERY GOOD WAGES.
WE ARE PROVIDING HEALTH CARE TO OUR EMPLOYEES.
WE ARE IN A REGULATED BUSINESS
AS FAR AS WORKPLACE SAFETY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
WE PAY OUR TAXES GLADLY,
AND WE CANNOT COMPETE
WITH A NON-REGULATED WORKPLACE
THAT PAYS THEIR EMPLOYEES PENNIES
AND ARE ALLOWED TO IMPORT THEIR GOODS
INTO THIS COUNTRY WITH NO RESTRICTIONS.
WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE FOR AMERICA?
SAY EVERYBODY-- ALL OF OUR WORKERS SHOULD TAKE A 50%, 60% PAY CUT
AND THEN WE'LL REALLY TAKE ON CHINA?
WE'LL BE-- WE'LL GET THEM.
OR, YOU KNOW, HAVE DIRTIER AIR OR HAVE THE CUYAHOGA RIVER CATCH ON FIRE AGAIN
BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH POLLUTION GOING IN.
IS THAT REALLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO COMPETE WITH CHINA?
I THINK IT'S THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE.
I THINK WE REINVEST BACK INTO OUR WORKERS.
I THINK WE JUMPSTART THE MIDDLE CLASS,
AND I THINK HAVE POLICIES IN PLACE
THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE MANUFACTURING BACK HERE
TO PUT THOSE GOOD JOBS IN PLACE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
BUT EVEN IF WE ULTIMATELY SOLVE OUR ECONOMIC PROBLEMS,
THERE WILL STILL BE VERY DIFFICULT CHALLENGES AHEAD
IN THE U.S.-CHINA RELATIONSHIP.
IF TENSIONS DO RISE,
WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS--
THERE'S A REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CHINESE PEOPLE AND THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
MOST OF THE CRITICISMS THAT WE HAVE ARE OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT,
THE ACTIONS THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN
WITH RESPECT TO TRADE POLICY
AND WORKER RIGHTS REPRESSION,
AND THE CHINESE PEOPLE SUFFER
FROM A LOT OF THOSE SAME POLICIES.
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND CHINA BETTER.
WE HAVE THIS SORT OF GLOWY VIEW OF THE TRAJECTORY OF CHINA'S HISTORY,
BUT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN,
ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS,
IS A CHINA THAT IS MOVING IN THE WRONG DIRECTIONS ON EVERYTHING.
AND IT'S NOT JUST HUMAN RIGHTS.
IT'S ITS RELATIONS WITH ITS NEIGHBORS,
ITS ECONOMY, YOU NAME IT.
THIS IS A COUNTRY THAT IS GOING BACKWARDS IN ALL PHASES.
I HEAR PEOPLE REFERRING TO THE PRC OR THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC.
WELL, LET'S BE HONEST.
AS SOON AS WE ACCEPT THAT PHRASE,
WE'RE JOINING CHINA IN THEIR REALITY DISTORTION FIELD.
IT'S A LIE.
IT IS NOT THE PEOPLE'S, AND IT IS NOT THE REPUBLIC.
STOP SAYING THAT. IT'S COMMUNIST CHINA.
WE'VE GOT TO SPREAD THE WORD THAT THERE'S DANGER OUT THERE,
AND WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR POLICIES.
WE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO TREAT A COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP IN CHINA
AS WE WOULD TREAT ANY OTHER DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTION,
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TREATED US LIKE FOOLS FOR DOING THAT,
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN FOOLS.
? LOOK AROUND ?
? TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE ?
? EVERY DAY MORE PEOPLE IN THE STREET ?
? SAID I USED TO WORK IN A FACTORY ?
? RIGHT NOW I'D WORK FOR ANYTHING ?
? OH-OH-OH-OH ?
? OH-OH-OH-OH ?
? OH-OH-OH-OH ?
? OH-OH-OH-OH ?
? IT'S NOT ME ?
? BUT MY FAMILY I WISH TO FEED ?
? NOT MUCH ?
? WE GOT SIMPLE NEEDS ?
? TOO BAD ?
? THEY SENT OUR JOBS AWAY ?
? IN CHINA THEY'RE NOT WORKERS, THEY'RE JUST SLAVES ?
? PEOPLE, WAKE ?
? IT'S A WORLD OF TRADE AND GREED ?
? AND THE CEOs GET RICHER ?
? AND OUR JOBS ALL MOVE OFF SHORE ?
? OH-OH-OH-OH ?
? OH-OH-OH-OH ?
? OH-OH-OH-OH ?
? OH-OH-OH-OH ?
? MY OLDEST SON ?
? HE GOT A COLLEGE DEGREE ?
? HE DREAMED ?
? OF RUNNING A FACTORY ?
? NOW HE'S BACK HOME ?
? JUST LIVING WITH ME ?
? AND THERE'S NO BRIGHT FUTURE MY BOY CAN SEE ?
? SIXTEEN HOURS ?
? SEVEN DAYS A WEEK ?
? OF UNIONS ?
? AND FREEDOMS THEY CANNOT SPEAK ?
? GOTTA RISE ?
? GET UP OFF YOUR KNEES ?
? BEFORE THEY BUY UP ?
? ALL OUR DREAMS ?
? WE GO TO THE STORE AND SPEND OUR MONEY ?
? SEND ALL OUR DOLLARS OVERSEAS ?
? THIS AIN'T THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY ?
? THIS IS THE LAND OF TRADE AND GREED ?
? WE GO TO THE STORE AND SPEND OUR MONEY ?
? SEND ALL OUR DOLLARS OVERSEAS ?
? THIS AIN'T THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY ?
? THIS IS THE LAND ?
? OF TRADE AND GREED ?
AND THIS WHOLE NOTION THAT WHAT'S GOOD FOR MULTINATIONALS
IS GOOD FOR AMERICA,
THAT'S COMPLETELY WRONG.