Presidential Candidates Dodge Key Issue on China Trade

U.S. presidents have felt they have no choice in dealing with the economic advantage the suppression of human rights gives to China. Multinational companies have profited greatly from the situation. But can a country truly gain advantage off someone else’s slavery?

Students protest with model effigies of workers who have committed suicide at Foxconn in China during the company’s annual general meeting in Hong Kong on June 8, 2010. The difficult life at the electronics giant has caused despair in its workers. Mike Clarke/AFP/Getty Images