That's a reasonable argument, and I'll have to read up more on it. What I posted above was via by economics classes from some time ago, so it may be time to act

That's a reasonable argument, and I'll have to read up more on it. What I posted above was via by economics classes from some time ago, so it may be time to actually take a look at the data. By no means am I for trade restrictions - I was just commenting on the fact that the answer (like most of any complex issues) is "it depends".