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

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162 points TaurenHunter | 2 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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1. snowwrestler ◴[04 Apr 25 12:14 UTC] No.43581117[source]▶
And yet here you are on HN. Turns out there is more to an economy in 2025 than physical goods.
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2. zabzonk ◴[04 Apr 25 12:25 UTC] No.43581231[source]▶
But as I keep on pointing out the tariff is on PHYSICAL goods. It's probably next to impossible to tax digital stuff.