The fear of trade and globalization is real and one way or another each American has felt it.  I know myself with job outsourcing that’s the worst.  Thank God there are some companies who will not allow their contracts for customer service business be outsourced.  Any one of our jobs can be outsourced especially in my line of business as a supervisor in a call center and working for the company that I work for.  The company I work for has some lines of business outsourced to India, Mexico and other locations.OMG and I hate it.  Do you know how hard it is that you have to speak to someone in India to get your a password reset when we have IT people in our same building.  GRRRRR!!!   Any how back in 2004 a poll was done and six in 10 Americans (61%) currently say they are concerned that they, a friend, or a relative might lose a job because the employer is moving that job to a foreign country. Forty-one percent say they are “very concerned” about this happening, and another one in five (20%) say they are “somewhat concerned.” That was just in 2004, can you imagine now.   Bottom line for most Americans, outsourcing is not only something to fear, but it is also something that is incredibly difficult to anticipate.  But either way its a 50/50 chance that your job will be eliminated regardless of your degree, skills and pay.

Another fear for me regarding trade and globalization is the greater risk of diseases being transported unintentionally between nations. Each year more than 76 million Americans get sick from eating spoiled, contaminated or adulterated food resulting in about 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths annually.  There was what the dog food that was poisoning the toys that had lead paint, toothpaste, I believe there was even a flip flop issue a few years back and all of this stemmed back to China and other areas.  So why do they keep doing it, cuz it’s good for business.  I mean seriously does the safey and health of our fellow citizens not count anymore.  After all we are the ones dishing out the money.  More testing, more laws are needed in the trade business.  And for the safety of me, my family and my pets I have to say if were in this for the long haul I would pay the extra cost to assure I’m purchasing non-contaminated item.