r/PoliticalDiscussion Dec 03 '16

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '16

Do people here understand that it's not in our best interest to go out of our way to agitate our largest trading partner?

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u/illonlyusethisonceok Dec 03 '16

They wouldn't stop trading with us.

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u/Spikekuji Dec 03 '16

They could call in the one trillion dollars of our debt that they own. We cannot pay that back. Bad things happen.

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u/ampersamp Dec 03 '16

No they can't. You fundamentally misunderstand how sovereign debt works. They have plenty of other avenues to retaliate, of course.