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1. Trump has been focused on Trade imbalances, that we buy more from a country than they buy from us.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat May 10, 2025, 07:29 AM

May 10

He considers that “losing money.”

That first chart he showed on the tariffs other countries charge us was actually the trade imbalances.

What is so telling about his first trade “deal” with the United Kingdom is that we have a trade surplus with the UK. They buy more from us than we buy from them.

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Trump has been focused on Trade imbalances, that we buy more from a country than they buy from us. surfered May 10 #1