Posted by: A Good Troll
Posted by: Binman59
don't make anything that isn't made better elsewhere
See: commerical aircraft, prescription medication, vehicles, agricultural products, electronic equipment, plastics, oil
I also fail to see why you think a country can't run a trade deficit and also run a balanced government budget.
But the government budget ISN'T balanced, for some reason the USA is still giving Israel 3 billion a year even thought they've openly said they don't want Israel to continue building on occupied territory.