As David Ricardo described way back in the 18th century, economies should focus on their comparative advantages.

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Copper is one of Chile's important comparative advantages and will remain an important player in our economy.

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One of the great difficulties of evaluating the comparative advantages and disadvantages of deterrence versus preemption is that once we have taken preemptive action, it is almost never possible to know whether deterrence would have worked as well or better.

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