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Old 01-19-2019, 06:07 AM  
Paul Markham
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The deficit is easy to fix. Stop importing so much crap you don't really need from China and start exporting stuff China needs to China.

Australia doesn't have this problem with China and we're much smaller than the USA.
Great idea. Stop buying;

Electrical machinery, equipment: US$599 billion (26.4% of total exports), Machinery including computers: $382.9 billion (16.9%)
Furniture, bedding, lighting, signs, prefab buildings: $89.8 billion (4%)
Clothing, accessories (not knit or crochet): $73.6 billion (3.2%)
Knit or crochet clothing, accessories: $72 billion (3.2%)
Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $70.6 billion (3.1%)
Plastics, plastic articles: $70.6 billion (3.1%)
Vehicles: $67.4 billion (3%)
Articles of iron or steel: $57.3 billion (2.5%)
Toys, games: $55.3 billion (2.4%)etc.



China?s Top 10 Exports

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/he...cit-2018-03-23

Even theEU has succumbed to China. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statis...ods_statistics

This is people's jobs, livelihoods, futures our politicians have given away.

Keep coming up with those brilliant ideas AK.
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