I agree that a repub candidate publicly displaying the ability to speak more than one language in such a forum shows that he is tone-deaf to the fact that the repub base (teabaggers, evangelicals and libertarians) are not big on speaking other languages than English. They are not looking to nominate someone who is "wise" and sensitive to how big and multicultural our world actually is.
Either he is ignorant of Obama's imposition of tariffs against unfair trade practices or assumes that more repubs are and takes advantage of their ignorance.
"The U.S. uses more than 300 anti- dumping and countervailing duty orders to shield American-made goods, from honey to bedroom furniture, against global competition it deems unfair and damaging to U.S. companies. About half the orders target iron and steel products.
China accounts for a third of all U.S. actions on imports, the most of any country, including about 100 anti-dumping and more than two dozen countervailing duty orders, according to the U.S. trade commission.
The Obama administration filed a trade complaint against China at the World Trade Organization in December 2010 over its support for wind-energy manufacturers through aid tied to the use of locally produced content. China agreed to end hundreds of millions of dollars in such subsidies, the U.S. trade office said in June."
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-29/u-s-wind-tower-companies-seek-duties-against-china-vietnam-1-.html
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One of the first of these tariff orders was in 2009.
President Obama Opts for Import Tariffs on Chinese Tires
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/11/AR2009091103957.html
In one of his first major decisions on trade policy, President Obama opted Friday to impose a tariff on tires from China in response to complaints that a surge of imports had undermined the U.S. industry and contributed to the loss of more than 5,000 jobs.
The tariff will amount to 35 percent the first year, 30 percent the second year and 25 percent the third year. A federal trade panel had recommended a levy of 55 percent.
The decision represents a victory for the United Steelworkers union, which had filed the trade complaint under a section of U.S. law intended specifically to protect U.S. manufacturers from Chinese imports. China's government, tire importers and some U.S. tire manufacturers with plants overseas had strenuously objected to the measure.
"The President decided to remedy the clear disruption to the U.S. tire industry based on the facts and the law in this case," the White House said in a statement released Friday night.
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