Commentary: America Funded China's Rise - Tennessee Star

Commentary: America Funded China’s Rise | April 29, 2025

by Spencer P. Morrison   The free trade brigade obsesses over economic minutiae—they cry that tariffs will raise the cost of plastic spatulas by 50 cents! What a disaster! Who cares? The reality is that trade with China is not in America’s interests because it funds our greatest rival. Here’s how America funded China’s rise, and why tariffs will help keep America safe and free. A Dragon Fed: How America Funded China’s Rise Economists say freer t…