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“In my movie, "Death By China," it shows Bill Clinton in 2000 promising that when China got into the World Trade Organization we would be making products here and selling them there, and life would be great. Just the opposite has happened. And here's why this has been so devastating - China went into the World Trade Organization and agreed to play by certain rules. Instead, it's violated these rules. For 15 years, it continues to illegally subsidize its exports.”

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Peter Navarro

Peter Navarro is an American professor of economics and international business at the University of California, Irvine. He has held various positions in government and academia, contributing to the understanding of economic policies and their impact on global markets. more

“When China got into the WTO, that allowed it to sell into any other country within the WTO - not just the United States - at the lowest tariffs that country offered. And the other countries could sell into China at the lowest tariffs that China offered. The problem, right off the bat, was that China had much higher tariffs than everywhere else, so the U.S. and Europe in particular got the short end of that stick.”

Country Problem Lowest

Author:Peter Navarro

“The really big problem with China is that there are the unfair trade practices, like currency manipulation, illegal export subsidies and the theft of intellectual property, but then there's also things that the WTO doesn't cover that it should, which is the use of sweat shops and pollution havens.”

Problem Intellectual Trade Property Manipulation Pollution Currency Unfair Intellectual Property Fair Trade

Author:Peter Navarro

“If you've been to China, you know there are over 100 cities in China, and the pollution levels are just horrific - 60,000 people a year die in Chinese factories and facilities, because they don't have any safety regulations. It's a carnage; it's Dickensian.”

People Safety Chinese Pollution Horrific Carnage

Author:Peter Navarro

“The biggest idea that I have learned - I basically went in to write a book about Adam and Eve, ended up writing a book about love. And what did I learn? Love is a story you tell with another person.”

Writing Book Love Is I Have Learned Writing A Book Adam And Eve

Author:Bruce Feiler