well, judging from the burgeoning trade deficits, selling things to other
countries hasn't seemed too important a criterion for American manufacturers
..
besides, Americans are predominantly in "buy" rather than "sell" mode ...
and even the Arabs and OPEC still sell us oil in Imperial barrels ;)
... it still irritates me that I had to buy a whole new set of (metric)
tools to work on my Volkswagen :(
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From: "geoff carver" <[log in to unmask]>
> does that mean that trade isn't important to you, either? you don't expect
> to be able to sell things to people living in other countries?