Boy, you really know how to move the goalposts. I mean, exactly how would exports affect unfair tariff rates on IMPORTED goods?
By the way, again your stats are factually untrue. The South was NOT producing about 73% of all trade value with Europe.
You call that moving the goal posts? I simply point out where the money comes from, and you think it has nothing to do with imports? How do you think imports get paid for? Do you think the European suppliers simply give their stuff away? No, they want something in return.
Imports and exports are intimately tied together. You can't have one without the other.
By the way, again your stats are factually untrue. The South was NOT producing about 73% of all trade value with Europe.
Well, see now why I wanted you to find your own information? I knew you wouldn't accept what I said. So if you don't think the South was producing 73% of all the export value of the United States, how much do you think they were producing, and how do you arrive at this figure?
I know a couple of people who claim the South was producing 82% of all the export value, and they have told me this information comes from Official US government sources, but i'd like to see what you come up with.