One of the main reasons these projections are wrong is that, while the United States opens its markets to foreign competitors, other countries simply find new ways to advantage their local products over ours. When the U.S. helped China enter the World Trade Organization we were told we'd sell more to China when it was forced to live up to international trade rules. Instead, China has made its exports cheaper and imports more expensive, propped up its companies with government money and made it more difficult for American goods to get into China. Right now, American steel plants are closing as China illegally sends underpriced steel onto the world market; unfortunately, enforcing international law takes too long to save American steelworkers from permanent job losses.