Countries and economies across the globe have the ability to produce products and goods. Some products are unique to a specific economic market and thus they are able to trade those goods with other markets that want or need that product, resource, or good. Though countries will also trade goods for products that the country could easily produce themselves. With this understanding please address the following questions in a written essay.

• Why does the U.S. trade goods that they can produce themselves with other countries?
• Wouldn't the U.S. be better off producing the goods themselves?
• In your opinion, has the U.S. outsourced too much?
• How do you know this to be true?