[jpsb]

No I am not wrong, protectionist northern Europe is in pretty good shape, (highly protectionist) France too (minus north African immigrants). Non urban (protectionist) China ain’t doing all that bad either, dido non urban (protectionist) India.

[Toddsterpatriot]

protectionist northern Europe is in pretty good shape, (highly protectionist) France too (minus north African immigrants).

"Pretty good shape" is not the same as having the same or higher GDP per capita as the US.

[dennisw]

You are debating a hypocrite who invests in foreign currencies while advocating moronic “free trade” policies that drag the US dollar down

Out sized trade deficits will trash any currency. Just give it time. Same as your credit score gets trashed when you don’t pay mortgages, credit cards etc etc