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sandensea

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1. Last year, the U.S. had a $5 billion surplus w/ Argentina, and a $8.5 billion surplus w/ Brazil

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Dec 2, 2019, 10:56 PM

Dec 2019

Two of a relatively few countries the U.S routinely has trade surpluses with.

Not that he knew this, or cares. Someone at Alcoa or U.S. Steel must've handed him a bribe - and that's all he needed to know.

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Last year, the U.S. had a $5 billion surplus w/ Argentina, and a $8.5 billion surplus w/ Brazil sandensea Dec 2019 #1

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