[stovt001]

Every country that has auto manufacturers doing business in the US helps their companies significantly. Japan basically bankrolled the Prius. As much as free trade would be beneficial, it just doesn't work out well for us if the other players don't play by the same rules. I'm not so much supportive of grants and aids to American companies as I am of penalizing companies that are unfairly subsidized by their governments. And that goes both ways, as I also think we need to stop subsidizing some of our other industries. Really, we just need to trade freely and fairly and have all governments stay out of it, but that is an entirely different discussion.