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Originally Posted by
limitles
When Trump says his country is getting jobbed by other countries he just means they aren't jobbing everyone else.
NAFTA is 24 years old and there was a U.S-Canada agreement before that beginning in the Reagan era. These agreements aren't made lightly by either side whomever is in office.
It's bully tactics that won't win. Smart beats bluster in these cases
https://www.thebalance.com/trade-def...county-3306264
US trade deficit with the rest of the world was 566 billion in 2017.
Census provides trade data by country for goods only, not services.
China - $375 billion deficit.
Canada - $18 billion deficit.
Mexico - $71 billion deficit.
Japan - $69 billion deficit.
Germany - $65 billion deficit.
We are not getting jobbed so much as fucked by our "friends." What is wrong with trying to level these numbers? We are the one with the roughly $20 trillion debt. This is what politicians have given us. The business man is trying to fix things.