US Trade Deficit

topic on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes

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a16z Assertion Supported

Smith: Shrinking trade deficits coincided with flatlining US manufacturing productivity

“Our trade deficit shrank enormously after 2008. However, that is when our manufacturing productivity flatlined, ok? And that is when our industrial output flatlined, is after 2008.”

Noah Smith Aug 20, 2025 ▶ 58:27 Oren Cass & Noah Smith Debate the True Impact of Tariffs

AMERICAN OPTIMIST Assertion Partly supported

Thiel: China directly and indirectly accounts for half the US trade deficit

“I think the rough numbers are that about a quarter of the US trade deficit is bilaterally with China, but another quarter is indirectly with China. So China is, is sort of half the problem.”

Peter Thiel Apr 17, 2025 ▶ 26:29 Tariffs, DOGE & Fixing America: Peter Thiel's Skeptic Solutions · Joe Lonsdale

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US Trade Deficit

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