More than zero.

• Author: Angeny, Grant
• Position: Letter to the editor

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I agreed completely with the main point of Matt Welch's "More Than Zero" (February), but the example of China as a victim of U.S. tariffs left me cold. I support free markets for free countries, and while no country fully practices free trade, China is a good example of a bad trading partner. China uses slave and prison labor, does not honor intellectual property protected by patents and copyrights, and actively engages in industrial espionage.

China's population was a victim of crushing poverty due to the policies and actions of its own government for many years. The people...