because of 9/11 we are still recovering from a recession as the government would like to call it if you ask me it was a depression and they did not want to sent every one into panic. jobs fell ,money was tight, banks had to be bailed out etc we don't need to go into to this again so soon. we still have not fully recovered from it. with what he wants to do with this trade policy he wants to impose it will send us back in to this recession or depression that is something that cant be over looked.