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SCantiGOP

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7. You're right, Lebowski

Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 9, 2019, 04:26 PM

Aug 2019

We have no idea what kind of threats of economic action have been secretly passed on the Mexican government. Mexico, unlike China, has very little leverage with which to retaliate.

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