[optik_b]

"This should solve the trade deficit just fine."

Why would it solve the trade deficit when the countries we have the largest trade deficit with (China) is not affected by the dollars fast slide against the Euro. Americans' appetite for imports is growing at a record pace and the rush to outsource and manufacture products outside the USA in china and the far east is only accelerating.

[D Rider]

I was specifically sspeaking of our deficit with Europe. Western Europe was the context.