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kylebenzle
4 months ago
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Why does the U.S. always run a trade deficit?
Maybe the military could just start forcing people to buy all US made products instead of just our currency?
timacles
4 months ago
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Trust me they are exploring this
ta1243
4 months ago
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That's what the UK was doing before WW1, when private army (including warships) from a private British company attacked places like Guangzhou, before the UK government forced their terms of trade on China.
History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes.
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