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Growing trade deficit is selling the nation out from under us (2003) [pdf]

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162 points TaurenHunter | 1 comments | 04 Apr 25 09:20 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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zabzonk ◴[04 Apr 25 09:49 UTC] No.43580060[source]▶
Strange. I, as a UK citizen, don't seem to buy almost any physical USA goods at all.
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jxjnskkzxxhx ◴[04 Apr 25 09:51 UTC] No.43580067[source]▶
There are valuable things out there other than "physical goods".
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zabzonk ◴[04 Apr 25 09:59 UTC] No.43580124[source]▶
Well, how are going to charge for them?

For example, how to deal with Steam? most of the games I buy there (Baldurs Gate 3 for e.g.) are not made in the USA.

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orwin ◴[04 Apr 25 10:09 UTC] No.43580188[source]▶
And USA get 30% (or 20% depending on the studio) of the price you paid. Do you use Android, windows or Apple, or any licensed software?
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zabzonk ◴[04 Apr 25 10:13 UTC] No.43580214[source]▶
> any physical USA goods

Do you see the word "physical" in my original comment? And me saying that I don't buy such things?

I will admit to buying Intel CPUs, but aren't they manufactured in the Far East?

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sam_lowry_ ◴[04 Apr 25 10:27 UTC] No.43580295[source]▶
I am from EU and the only physical idem proudly wearing "Made in USA" label I saw over the years is the Urimat pad in public toilets.

P.S. Upon inspecting my memory, I think the other one was an HP cesium clock, but that was many years ago.

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1. zabzonk ◴[04 Apr 25 11:17 UTC] No.43580619[source]▶
HP oscilloscopes were pretty good too, back when . But I haven't been there for many years, and I guess you can get good, cheap, LCD ones today for much less money.

And rotating rusty hard drives, I suppose. But still all gone.

And don't get me started on American urinals!