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In reply to the discussion: America's massive trade deficit: Why BIG tariffs won't hurt the United States [View all]pampango
(24,692 posts)Let's take the lead. Make up our own laws and force the rest of the world to live with them. Unilateralism rules!!
Obama's desire to negotiate treaties with other countries and abide by them is so, what's the word, weak. We should tell other countries that we have just decided what the new rules are and you had better learn to live with them.
My per capita figures include all Chinese and all Americans. If you want to adjust them by selectively removing some groups go right ahead.
Would our trading partners use your adjustments to the pollution figures or go with internationally recognized per capita figures when determining what tariffs to charge against American exports? And if they don't us the figures that we like, do we pass a law and force them to use our 'officially adjusted' figures? America rules!!