Therefore, other things equal, if we grow faster than our trading partners, it weakens our currency.

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If we want our companies to grow and prosper here in the U.S., and therefore create American jobs, then we need to have a more competitive corporate tax rate.

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Translation: While it may have taken months to a year for couples to communicate and therefore grow closer in the past, today we can have lengthy, deep interactions with a stroke of a key (or touchscreen).

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We can expect, therefore, the states to China's south and east to continue to grow closer together.

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