Free trade is great. People everywhere get the best prices.
Trading nations become friendlier, if only to protect their businesses.
Achieving and maintaining the ideal is not simple, however. His administration is talking to the Chinese about a recent Central Intelligence Agency report that China sold nuclear materials to Pakistan and Iran. A delay would hamper U.S. companies like Westinghouse Electric Corp. and Honeywell Inc. that plan projects in China. The Export-Import Bank helps American companies by giving cheap financing to their overseas customers. It's an independent government agency but it usually abides by the president's wishes.