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		sorcerer-mar 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why does the U.S. always run a trade deficit? What's the relevance?

20after4 9 months ago [–]

Just that they maybe were looking for an excuse and weren't genuinely that concerned about Kuwait.

sorcerer-mar 9 months ago | [–]

It seems much more likely they were concerned about disruptions to energy which can immediately cripple an economy than some abstract vague mentions of using a different currency.

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