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wbl on Sept 18, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: China Once Looked Tough on Trade. Now Its Options ...

A trade deficit means we ship portraits of George out instead of goods that are more useful. I've got a big trade deficit with my barber.

amanaplanacanal on Sept 19, 2018 [–]

This seems like a good deal to me. The US sends China paper with funny pictures printed on it, and gets back real goods. And as far as I can see, they have the ability to print infinite amounts of the funny paper.

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