Rep. John James: US Manufacturing Exploited for 'Decades'

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Rep. John James, R-Mich., took issue Sunday with the international trade practices he said have been used to exploit Americans for "decades."

In anticipation of tariffs being imposed on Canada, China, and Mexico and with regard to the auto industry, James, who represents Detroit, told "Face the Nation" anchor Margaret Brennan, "America is open for business, but we are not for sale.

"Michigan remembers what NAFTA [the North American Free Trade Agreement] did to us. And over the past 30 years, Mexico has built 11 major automotive plants to only one in the United States.

"Michigan remembers 900,000 automotive jobs back in the '90s to the 600,000 now. That's 300,000 lost manufacturing jobs in the automotive sector," he continued.

"Michigan remembers the Great Recession, where 50% of all the jobs lost in all of America were lost in Michigan alone. We lost jobs to Mexico and China.

"Right now in my district — as you mentioned, the No. 1 manufacturing district in all of the nation — overflow production is not going to Sterling Heights; it's going to Saltillo, Mexico. When you look at opportunities missing us, when you look at the fact that Michigan is seeing its opportunities pass by, enough is enough," he said.

James, who works with his family's automotive company, James Group International, told Brennan that he's felt the "pain" of the trade agreements and that the U.S. should now pursue trade policy based on "fairness."

 
It was not NAFTA that did this, it was the UAW and they reap what they created. UAW has increased wages for all personnel, like the janitor deserves 30 bucks an hour to change out the urinal scent mats.

Saltillo was created by Dodge and they took the Ram production there, it gutted St. Louis and hurt the economy as well. They then hide huge margins in the Mexican produced Ram that they can increase profits while giving discounts. Ford has reinvented itself but the quality isn't very good and they are still Ford. Again the UAW has affected the quality since Ford now sources parts from various 3rd world companies and they quality is not very good. The only ones benefiting from this arrangement are Mercedes, BMW, Honda, Subaru, and Toyota who build plants here and source quality parts from western countries. The only way to correct this is via the tariffs that Trump has proposed this will make some of the Big 3 USA companies stop outsourcing plans and bring auto production in house.
 
The only way to correct this is via the tariffs that Trump has proposed this will make some of the Big 3 USA companies stop outsourcing plans and bring auto production in house.

The offenders aren't only Automakers, just greedy pig US companies who prefer their illicit, slick profits over the country that allowed them to acquire great wealth.
 

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