To the Editor:
Re “The U.S. Shouldn’t Try to Out-China China” (Op-Ed, Sept. 3):
I take issue with Jessica Chen Weiss and Ali Wyn when they say Australia, India and Japan don’t want to decouple from China to the same extent as the United States. In fact, Japan has already established a government-funded program to subsidize Japanese companies for moving factories from China back to Japan.
India has already taken more restrictive measures in barring Chinese companies and Chinese apps from its market than the United States has done. Australia has joined with Japan and India in a combined effort to reroute supply chains away from excessive dependence on China.
In fact, these countries have already decoupled from China at least as much and perhaps more than the United States.
Clyde Prestowitz
Potomac, Md.
The writer was U.S. trade negotiator in the Reagan administration and is the author of the forthcoming book “The World Turned Upside Down: China, America and the Struggle for Global Leadership.”
To the Editor:
Although I am not a native of Kenosha, Wis., I call this city my hometown. My husband and I chose to live here because it is a diverse community, with a beautiful lakefront, and a strong history. I am very distraught about recent events, but I am writing to assure people that this community will move forward and maybe even be stronger in the future.
It will move forward not because Donald Trump says it will, but because it is filled with good people who care about one another. Sure, they don’t all agree, but in a democracy people are free to express their opinions.
I am very proud that despite concerns that the president’s coming here would be disruptive, his visit was peaceful. This is the Kenosha you should know about, not what just makes the nightly news headlines. We are more than just another stop on the campaign trail.
Susan Remson
Kenosha, Wis.
It’s Time to Go Metric
To the Editor:
Re “Footloose No Longer” (Science Times, Aug. 18):
Rather than obsess over minuscule differences in “official feet,” it’s long past time for the United States to join the developed world and switch to metric. Problem solved!
Cheryl Haaker
Albuquerque