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Pototan

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3. A poor country

Reply to multigraincracker (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 06:22 AM

Apr 3

like the Philippines, doesn't have the money to buy expensive American goods. Even so, the trade deficit is negligible. The Philippines exports very little to the United States, maybe a few electronic components.

Why pick on them? Talk about the "Ugly American", we have really reached the limit of that phrase.

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