Which is what percentage of the total trade? The only thing I asked you to do, you didn't do.
Add up all the numbers for "exports" on page 34, and then tell me what percentage of that total trade value is your 379 million.
If you are going to say we had a 379 million dollar deficit for 40 years, you are going to have to assert what percentage of the total trade this constitutes.
When all is said and done, I believe you will find it comes out to less than 10% of the total trade, which means my point about import and export values being approximately equal holds true.
You are trying to use a deceitful tactic of comparing 40 years worth of deficits without comparing it to 40 years worth of trade.
How is it deceitful? It clearly shows that your assumptions on accounting for tariffs paid are flawed. Constant ongoing deficits are not “roughly equal.” Remember when you said that GNP was irrelevant because the point was tariffs paid? Well, your question about the percentage of deficits to total import/export trade is irrelevant because the conversation is about determining who was paying for tariffs.
YOU set the standard that exporters were also paying tariffs, because they had to balance. Ten million dollars per year paid for imports did NOT come from exports. That’s over $200 million today. Where did it come from?