Doug Carter wrote in message ...
Alex wrote:

Doug, please!!! I said there are no trade AGREEMENTS, not that there
was no trade whatsoever!

TRICK QUESTION: what pays the bills, trade, or trade
agreements?

Doug, you seem to suffer from short-term memory loss. Let me refresh
it for you: Rob said the US interfered for, amongst other things,
trade agreements. I countered that by pointing out that in South
America they had interfered, and there was no trade agreement until 30
years later. Now you tell me that there is trade, which is true, but
completely misses the point.