As free traders are we being taken for suckers, with the US and Canadian government acquiescing with countries actively acting in bad faith and trading unfairly.
This is from a newspaper article (
Here is the take away from this article...
"Hargrove said four million vehicles were shipped into North America last year, many from countries that don't allow foreign cars to be sold in their markets.
He took special aim at Japan for tariff and other barriers.
"One story is that if you buy an import, right away your income tax is audited," Hargrove said, adding that inspection processes are another way foreign vehicles are kept out of Japan."
It is bad enough that the US guarantees their security at great cost while they build and ship cars from their countries (Japan, Korea specifically) while undermining the North American economy by blocking access to their markets.
Where does fair trade become part of the purchasing decision?