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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jimi77" data-source="post: 8884365" data-attributes="member: 673702"><p>Nobody is indicating that they "know more than all the economists in the world."  Despite claims to the contrary, Trump's tariffs last time around didn't destroy the economy.  Ultimately these policies will take a long time to take effect and numerous other factors will affect the net outcome.  Would we have gone full in on free trade with China if we would have known that 30 years later we would have the insane trade imbalance with China?  Remember we thought we building an new economy to export to, we thought we creating an ally of sorts (like Japan & Germany).  Instead we've built up our greatest enemy.  If you want to stay on that track, good for you.  Trump and a majority of the voters know a shitty deal when we see one and it's long overdue that we change our trade policies with China.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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