ManufactureThis’s Steven Capozzola is taking a week off for summer vacation.  The consensus is that he needs a brief respite.  In his absence, ManufactureThis will feature guest columns from Scott Paul and Chris Traci.

While Steven is away, the Olympics will be in full swing.  Beijing will be on display to the world–including its human rights violations, lack of media freedom, and a disregard for environmental norms that has made China the world’s number one producer of both sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide.  China also happens to contribute 1/4 of all of California’s air pollution, by the way, so West Coast USA will want to take a good look at the smog permeating the Olympic events.

In the interim, ManufactureThis encourages our readers to give a read through a recent EPI report, ‘The China Trade Toll.’  It shows how the huge, ongoing U.S. trade deficit with China has cost 2.3 million U.S. jobs since 2001.  In more tangible terms, it helps explain the huge sums of money use to bankroll China’s Olympic team this summer.

Happy fishing.

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