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Old 12-07-2017, 12:51 PM  
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Originally Posted by Paul Markham View Post
Without the West as a trading partner, there is no Third World Market to trade with. They have no money.
Look at a map, will you? What you are saying is Canada has no money? Or Australia? Or Mexico? Or any of the countries in South America?

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What you fail to realise is giving a country $100 and getting back $75 is a bad deal. Giving China the ability to build an economy that overtakes the West, then China giving back some of that money. Should be regarded as insane, unless you run a big corporation manufacturing in China.
This is the part you don't get.... The trade imbalance is still there, still exists, and now the United States has LESS bargaining power than before.
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