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Kevin Gowen
"The US economy accounts for about one-third of global GDP-greater than the
next four countries combined (Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom and
France)."
- "Advancing the National Interest: Australia's Foreign and Trade Policy
White Paper", Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
What would DFAT know about economics? They are working on a free trade agreement
with USA, a contradiction in terms.
There is some other pretty weird stuff in that document
"The United States must negotiate frequently as an equal with the European Union
on economic, especially trade, issues. But it often has decisive influence in
the international institutions that set the rules for global trade and finance."
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"he [John Ashcroft] deliberately left Jesus out of office prayers to avoid
offending non-Christians." - Ben Shapiro 27/2/2003