To gainfully utilize labor,
Export nations play "Beggar Thy Neighbor;"
While the deficit spenders,
Resenting their lenders,
May rattle the trade-tariff saber.
Thanks to Prof. Michael Pettis of Peking University (no, that's not a typo) for his timely comment in the FT.
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