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Old 08-12-2009, 01:18 PM   #34
voodoosdv

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So JD, not mentioning the cultural differences between those two places and the Islamic world, your's is a vote to remain in Iraq and A'stan for the next 50-60 years, yes?

Just rying to understand.
A big reason:

EXTENT AND COMPOSITION OF THE JAPANESE TRADE SURPLUS
1. Extent
Trade with Japan accounts for a large proportion (almost three fifths in 1992) of the EU's overall trade deficit. The Japanese surplus with the EU rose from 0.7 billion ECU in 1970 to 31.0 billion ECU in 1992.
Even when the yen was strong, the import-export ratio increased from 1.3 in 1960 to 2.9 in 1986. In 1992, the value of EU imports from Japan was 2.5 times higher than the value of the Union's exports to Japan. The penetration of Japanese markets by European products, on the other hand, was even lower in 1992 (0.72 %) than in 1960 (0.74 %).


2. Germany (06/09)In addition to social assistance payments, the government will extend funds to ... At $43 billion, the U.S.'s fifth-largest trade deficit is with Germany. ...

Source: Google "U.S. EU Trade balance with Japan, Germany !

One does not (uaually) shit where they eat !

INcidently: That goes for China as well

Costly Trade With China: Millions of U.S. jobs displaced with net ...The rise in the U.S. trade deficit with China between 1997 and 2006 has displaced production that could have supported 2166000 U.S. jobs. ...
Costly Trade With China: Millions of U.S. jobs displaced with net job loss in every state - Cached
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is also true for Europe and Japan, although to a lesser extent. China runs a trade surplus with the world's three major economic centers. The U.S. bilateral ...
italy.usembassy.gov/pdf/other/RL31403.pdf - Similar
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