[1rudeboy]

Which of the European models do you propose for our economy, Luxembourg, Norway, Switzerland, Denmark, or Iceland’s? And admit it, you don’t even know how “protectionist” their economies actually are.

[jpsb]

And remember these are 04 05 figures and our dollar has lost as much as 40 percent of it's value in the last couple of years. Figures for 07, 08 mostly will have the usa out of the top ten as wages are stagnent (since 00, 01) and dollar falling.

I would like us to model our trade policy on the USA circa 1776-1960.

[dennisw]

Which of the European models do you propose for our economy, Luxembourg, Norway, Switzerland, Denmark, or Iceland’s? And admit it, you don’t even know how “protectionist” their economies actually are.

Idiot child. The EU has no trade deficit. That's why the € is up
Gold is up this morning too
Gold in USD terms that is
Recently it's the dollar sinking that makes gold go up.
Gold as expressed in € is steady many days

I don't like Euro-socialism but I give credit where credit is due. They have no trade deficit so I'm quite impressed