Summaries

In 2001, China joined the World Trade Organization with the strong support of a Democratic President and Republican Congress. Before the ink was dry on this free trade agreement, China began flooding U.S. markets with illegally subsidized exports while the big multinational companies that had lobbied heavily for the agreement rapidly accelerated the off shoring of American jobs to China. Today, as a result of the biggest shell game in American history, China has stolen millions of our jobs, corporate profits are soaring, and we now owe over $3 trillion to the world's largest totalitarian nation. This film is about how that happened... and why the best jobs program for America is trade reform with China.—Anonymous

Death by China examines the growing power and global ambitions of China. It argues that China's economic growth relative to the United States is due to its questionable positions on pollution, worker rights, currency manipulation, counterfeiting, piracy and illegal export subsidies.—Shatterdaymorn

Details

Keywords
  • manufacturing
  • u.s. china relations
  • trade imbalance
  • industrial decline
  • outsourcing
Genres
  • Drama
  • History
  • Documentary
  • News
Release date Aug 16, 2012
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin United States China
Official sites Official site
Language English

Box office

Gross US & Canada $38492
Opening weekend US & Canada $5701
Gross worldwide $38492

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 18m
Color Color
Aspect ratio

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