Posted on 03/08/2018 6:27:14 PM PST by cba123
BEIJING—The Trump administration is asking Beijing for a plan to cut the annual U.S. trade deficit with China by $100 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that Washington had asked Beijing for a $1 billion reduction—less than 0.3% of the countries’ annual trade gap or around one day’s worth of the trade imbalance. His tweet was off by $99 billion.
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This is a similar post to one from yesterday, which was the one quoting the original tweet of 1 billion reduction.
CORRECTION: $100 Billion.
Much better.
“His tweet was off by $99 billion. “
He lied!!!!!1 Impeach!!
Haha.
I’m quite relieved. I thought maybe Trump had caved. It turns out he just, inadvertently tweeted the lower number.
Glad it has been corrected now.
A billion... a hundred billion... it’s hard to keep track of all the zeroes visually, which is why we use scientific notation.
Yes, this is good!
Lay down the gauntlet. Give them a chance to say yes or no.
Still think he’s gone soft on them.
Would have suggested he start, at 500 billion, myself.
:D
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