"Malcolm Moore" wrote in message
...

I have no problem with US citizens buying your products. The problem I
have
is that New Zealand doesn't reciprocate.

Ed Huntress

But sometimes we do. Have a look at

http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c6141.html

it's been in our favour for the last four years, but for the eight
years before that it was in your favour. Over the last 19 years it has
been us 11, you 8, pretty close to a draw.

You may have missed Geoff's original complaint, Malcolm, and the source of
this argument. He was complaining that the US wasn't accepting more of your
sheep products -- now, not in the past.

That's in an environment in which your trade balance with the US is in an
accelerating surplus. If you annualize the 2003 YTD figure, it's over US$808
million.


Ed Huntress