We're somewhat behaving as if it were. That's an old way of thinking. Offen is president of a trade group that represents such companies as Avon Products and the Tupperware Corporation. Contrast that with this comment from Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Alabama. We need to realize that China is not our strategic partner.
China is a competitor, economically and militarily.
The U.S. buys roughly 30 percent of China's exports. Meanwhile, China buys less than 2 percent of U.S. exports. The hope, of course, is that some fine day China will throw open its vast market. Meanwhile, China is holding a U.S. spy plane and 24 people hostage while demanding an apology. The U.S. propeller-driven aircraft somehow lurched into one of their jets.