Reply #3: This is the economic distancing of the United States

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This is the trend we will see in the coming months and years. The United States is becoming too great of a liability to other nations, and is being abandoned for export agreements. This is something that is going to get attention.

The part of the article that is telling:

"Chavez envisions a "multi-polar" world free of U.S. political, economic and military dominance. Late last year he traveled to Iran, Russia, Qatar, Libya and China to expand energy relations."

If the United States won't negotiate or trade, then we will be left out of the world. This is why diplomacy is so very important.