Topic - I have a chronic trade deficit with my barber... - Jim Pearce 06:31:15 04/08/25 (45)

• RE: I have a chronic trade deficit with my barber... - fantja 13:50:00 04/09/25 (0)
• Penguins rejoice! - jedrider 11:38:07 04/09/25 (0)
• 'He' knows what he's doing - jedrider 09:23:17 04/09/25 (0)
• The POTUS' definition of trade deficit/surplus *excludes* services - Feanor 04:39:43 04/09/25 (1)
• Correct, and that has been pointed out - Victor Khomenko 07:32:21 04/09/25 (0)
• Services are not - E-Stat 09:03:46 04/08/25 (23)
• that is Trump's second big mistake... - Jim Pearce 11:22:50 04/08/25 (22)
• But Trump's mind is in a pre-mid 20th century industrial age - Feanor 04:45:44 04/09/25 (4)
• RE: But Trump's mind is in a pre-mid 20th century industrial age - Inmate51 09:22:29 04/09/25 (3)
• RE: But Trump's mind is in a pre-mid 20th century industrial age - elblanco 12:20:48 04/09/25 (2)
• RE: But Trump's mind is in a pre-mid 20th century industrial age - Tre' 12:36:30 04/09/25 (1)
• Not a reason for Trump to ignore the service balance - Feanor 04:33:41 04/10/25 (0)
• Is that why US tech support is always from Fred in Zimbabwe ? (nt) - emailtim 16:38:14 04/08/25 (8)
• Philippines ............... - JDK 16:59:22 04/08/25 (7)
• RE: Philippines ............... - emailtim 17:29:14 04/08/25 (6)
• RE: Philippines ............... - JDK 18:03:39 04/08/25 (5)
• RE: Philippines ............... - emailtim 18:14:02 04/08/25 (4)
• Let me tell you a secret, well, it's not really a secret ..... - JDK 18:58:47 04/08/25 (3)
• RE: Let me tell you a secret, well, it's not really a secret ..... - emailtim 19:06:47 04/08/25 (2)
• Indeed - E-Stat 07:38:08 04/09/25 (0)
• Heh heh heh - JDK 19:09:26 04/08/25 (0)
• Not sure what that has to do - E-Stat 11:24:37 04/08/25 (7)
• You know what's next... don't you? - Victor Khomenko 12:45:35 04/08/25 (5)
• I see - E-Stat 13:12:33 04/08/25 (4)
• Life with no tariffs is akin to marrying a virgin - Victor Khomenko 14:31:08 04/08/25 (3)
• Funny - E-Stat 14:51:59 04/08/25 (2)
• Then you should be in charge, not Musk. :) - Victor Khomenko 15:06:17 04/08/25 (1)
• Such bizarre paranoia - E-Stat 15:08:38 04/08/25 (0)
• Trump isn't charging reciprocal tariffs... - Jim Pearce 11:28:53 04/08/25 (0)
• RE: I have a chronic trade deficit with my barber... - elblanco 08:38:45 04/08/25 (0)
• Jim, some of us have been saying this all along - Victor Khomenko 07:19:44 04/08/25 (0)
• RE: I have a chronic trade deficit with my barber... - tomservo 07:13:51 04/08/25 (13)
• ask Ron Vara, he's the expert...--nt - elblanco 08:00:53 04/08/25 (4)
• The fictional economist ;-) - AbeCollins 09:33:27 04/08/25 (1)
• "trade advisor" has a sockpuppet, where the f#ck are we?..-nt - elblanco 09:44:51 04/08/25 (0)
• But according to Leon, Ron's a moron--nt - Sondek 08:18:53 04/08/25 (1)
• +1...--nt - elblanco 08:53:02 04/08/25 (0)
• Incentives, Rather Than Tariffs - Inmate51 07:45:14 04/08/25 (0)
• Not a hard question - Victor Khomenko 07:25:27 04/08/25 (6)
• Yep, you guys are just too wealthy and buy too much foreign stuff - JDK 15:11:26 04/08/25 (0)
• RE: Not a hard question until one adds the other side - tomservo 11:22:50 04/08/25 (1)
• "like most complicated things"... this one... - Victor Khomenko 11:46:15 04/08/25 (0)
• +1 on the mark! (nt) - Steve O 07:41:50 04/08/25 (0)
• Yup, a serial bankrupt leading a command economy - Jay Buridan 07:35:52 04/08/25 (1)
• Except that the market is anything but free - Wojciech 08:16:58 04/08/25 (0)