But the Chinese have beaten the Italians at their own game by setting uptheir own businesses and driving down prices by importing far cheaper fabrics from China.
But spraying helped the traffickers and their terrorist brethren by drivingup opium prices, increasing margins and making life harder for the farmers, exactly the outcome that America did not want.
Investors who aren't under Uncle Sam's thumb can move their money elsewhere, bidding upprices and driving down yields on other fixed-income assets in the U.S. and offshore.