Trade statistics look at value, not value-added, so they include a lot of double counting as parts move across borders and back.

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This strategy has not added value to client accounts in the past and will not add value in the future.

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One reason is that the U.S. is about the only major industrialized nation that does not also have a Value-Added Tax or national sales tax.

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