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Chinese ships loaded with cheap prod- top of his agenda, sets issues that are es-
ucts. However, China was also open for sential for the future of his country, and
the rest of the world which was supposed for the sustainability of the entire global
to be a win-win situation. However, this economic and political system.
is not the case. The western countries,
with USA having the dominant position, Donald J. Trump explicitly strives for
suffer constant trade deficits, money revision, that is, for a reform of the trade
outflow to Asia, and they stimulate the relations with China. He directly points
internal economy through borrowings out that the direct culprit for the eco-
that increased the public debt to a level nomic problems of the United States and
when it can no longer be maintained. the developed countries is the entry of
USA have the golden card called the US China in the WHO during the adminis-
Dollar which enables them to cover the tration of Bill Clinton, the husband of
deficit by printing money, however lately his direct competitor in these elections,
this is proven unsustainable in the long for whom he considers is the direct cul-
run, even for the United States. The prit for the loss of the more than 50,000
numbers are huge. In 2011, 40% of the businesses and dozens of millions of job
US budget were spent for payment of the positions.
state debt, of which 121.067,00 American
dollars that the country spends in every He considers that the way out of this
second of the day, 52.162,00 American situation which is unfavorable for the
dollars are intended for debt repayment. United States is the return of balance
and fair play in world trade. He locates
The problem with the trade deficit, China’s increased competitiveness in
the public debt, as well as the deindus- several factors, and he proposes spe-
trialization of the United States is not
something new in science, and in the dis-
cussions in the public in general. There
are people who consider this an essen-
tial problem, which should be a top is-
sue with the highest position in the gov-
ernmental agenda, while there are also
people who monitor specific economic
logic and do not see any danger in an
issue that is presented as a problem by
the first ones. Namely, according to such
opinions, the cheap import from Asia is
a benefit for the American consumers
who buy cheap products, the public debt
is not a problem as long as there are low
interest rates for its funding and servic-
ing. The arguments for the production
in other countries are based on the mar-
ket logic of lower costs of the companies
that have a single goal, which is realiza-
tion of an increased profit. The consider-
ations go as far as some people consider
that in the near future, the country of
production would not have any role, be-
cause the workers will be replaced by
robots, and the production will be auto-
mated, that is, digitalized. Still, for the
first time, a contender for the function
president of the United States, on the

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