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The sentence as a whole is meaningful, which you can see by excluding 'to a combination of tariff and non-tariff': > This calculation assumes that persistent t
by Matthyze 1y ago
The sentence as a whole is meaningful, which you can see by excluding 'to a combination of tariff and non-tariff':
> This calculation assumes that persistent trade deficits are due factors that prevent trade from balancing
The 'tariff and non-tariff' phrase is _technically_ superfluous but, subtextually, it implies there are such non-tariff reasons.
- namdnay 1y agoA persistent imbalance is due to factors that prevent balance? And those factors can be of type T or not of type T? That’s slightly tautological :)