"F. George McDuffee" wrote in message
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Re Wal-Mart. It is a US discounter that has gross sales larger
than the GDP of 90% of the countries in the UN. It is so large
that it is beyond governmental control in the normal sense. I am
waiting for the U.S. Senate to ratify a treaty between the US
government and Wal-Mart. Like the mob, they make you offers you
can't refuse.

Wal-Mart is China's eighth-largest trading partner. The other seven are
countries. d8-) It is a larger trading partner with China than Australia,
Russia, or Canada.

However, Wal-Mart's purchases from China last year were roughly $18 billion,
out of $260 billion of total Wal-Mart purchases worldwide that year. So the
Chinese component of Wal-Mart's products tends to be overestimated by casual
observers.

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Ed Huntress