Import / Export

The United States dollar, as you all know, has gone down in value and one of the major reasons is imports and exports.

One could only wish that we would export but stop all imports into the United States.

It has gotten so bad we are building a memorial site on the grounds of the World Trade Center and we are buying the steel from a Luxembourg mill.

You may have heard of Luxembourg. It is not located in the United States.

The Voyage from Europe to America

Four different ships made the trans-Atlantic voyages to deliver the columns, measuring 22.5 inches high by 18 inches wide, to two port cities, Portsmouth, VA, and Camden, NJ.

Initially, the steel was transported by train from the Arcelor mill in Differdange, Luxembourg, where it was produced, before being loaded onto ships bound for America at the port of Antwerp, Belgium.

Steel Is First of 50,000 Tons Required to Build Freedom Tower

I guess there are no steel mills left in the United States.


How shameful is it we use the steel from the destroyed twin towers in a ship and then build a monument to the horrific events of 9-11 using imported steel?

Do we export anything? Import, import - that seems to be all we do.


I have an export suggestion which will make New York rich enough to buy American steel.

This could be the largest export in the history of the United States.



What's cooking in Cambodia? A dish of spicy field rat is on the menu for more and more families.

The price of rat meat in the country has risen sharply as inflation has put other meat beyond the reach of poor people.

With consumer price inflation at 37 percent according to the latest central bank estimate, demand has pushed a kilogram of rat meat up to around 5,000 riel ($1.28) from 1,200 riel last year.

Spicy field rat dishes with garlic thrown in have become particularly popular at a time when beef costs 20,000 riel a kg.

That will fix the trade deficit.