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		dfadsadsf 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, ... We do not have to be net exporters of coffee - Indonesia can buy US cars, corn and wheat for example to balance trade.

sorcerer-mar 3 months ago [–]

Ah yes, all we have to do is drive US wages so low that Indonesian wages can employ Americans just as readily as our wages employ Indonesians.

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