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hatrack

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6. So, USTR reports a $58 billion deficit with Mexico for 2015 . . .
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 10:05 AM
Jan 2017

And US GDP for the same year was $18.04 trillion. So, yeah, let's piss off a neighboring nation and start a trade war over a trade in goods deficit of .3% of GDP.

Whatever, asshole.

https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/americas/mexico

http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gdp

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