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To: Axxel who wrote (8947)11/14/1998 11:17:00 AM
From: Les H  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 13994
 
Top Ten Countries with which the U.S. has a Trade Surplus

For the month of August 1998

Year To Date
Surplus in Surplus in
Millions Millions
Country Name of U.S. $ of U.S. $

NETHERLANDS 944.53 7,725.31
BELGIUM 685.60 4,108.44
AUSTRALIA 611.71 4,472.14
UNITED KINGDOM 563.58 3,641.82
BRAZIL 363.16 3,008.48
ARGENTINA 326.65 2,500.53
EGYPT 240.57 1,407.62
GREECE 202.35 731.08
SAUDI ARABIA 161.68 1,751.48
PANAMA 128.99 981.61


>>>Before you try to formulate economic policy, you should at least
>>>have a grasp of the facts, idiot. South America and the Middle
>>>East tend to be our better trade partners. The Asians are the
>>>ones with trade problems. By the way, today's Barrons' estimated
>>>that if the countries implemented the idiotic Global Warming
>>>carbon fuel tax, the US economy would shrink by $ 400 B.
>>>None of the countries are interested in a carbon tax based on
>>>politicized and flawed science such as Global Warming. Besides,
>>>the biggest polluters of the next century from Asia and S. America
>>>are exempt from the Kyoto Agreement.