Comparing American Countries

I think which countries a government decides to trade with determines who that country is. Let's look at this in terms of people. I'm young, 22, and I'm just starting to get out in the world, I've experienced many times how the wrong friends can negatively impact my own image. Even who my family is can have that negative effect. My gene pool is filled with every drug you can imagine. I don't tell this to employers. It almost cost me the job I wanted. I wanted to change positions, something with better hours, higher pay, better chance of being recognized for a promotion and more enjoyable work; I was able to get the position but after my boss learned of my family, she treated me different, as if I was going to go down the same road. Why wouldn't she? Every person in my family does, so what makes me different? That's an extreme situation though. Let's say it's just a couple of friends that are troublemakers, mostly misdemeanors. If your name gets attached to one of those misdemeanors, it's tainted forever.
Libya is sort of known for corruption and New Zealand is on the opposite side of that. America is kind of in the middle, closer to New Zealand but still in the middle. If America starts giving preferential trading rights to Libya, we're forever connected to a country known for corruption and New Zealand probably won't do business with us because that looks bad. Who's to say America is just as corrupt as Libya and it just has been uncovered yet? Regardless of the moral implications, it's bad business to give countries with little concern over human rights preferential treatment because it will ruin your chance with better countries. Why do we want business with better countries? They're more likely to help us in times of