Former Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney, has blasted China’s trade policies with the U.S., but China has just won a Massachusetts award for being the Best Friend of the American Worker!
On March 2, 2012, Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao, was given the award in Boston by the International Longshoreman’s Association. For what? For appreciation of China’s strong support of job growth for U.S. workers!
Here’s the thing, while Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts he actually wooed the Chinese to invest in that state. In fact, at the end of 2003 Romney gave Wen a tour of Boston!
Another thing. Romney has also made a fool of himself. He has repeatedly stated that China is costing the U.S. millions of jobs every year. But here’s a sobering fact: U.S. exports to China increase year after year. That means more jobs created in the U.S. to meet those export demands from China.
How much have exports to China grown? According to the U.S.-China Business Council, U.S. exports to China skyrocketed 468% between 2000 and 2010!!! Now you know why China is officially “Best Friend of the American Worker”.