I'm a little confused here; you say: "keep making extremely annoying waves untill something gets done." What is the "something" you want done?
When I go to my dentist, I run a trade deficit with him; I buy his services but he buys nothing from me. He doesn't want or need microstep or servo drives which is what I design and manufacture.
He does buy dental equipment from other manufacturers that may buy my drives to build the equipment my dentist uses.
These manufacturers have a "trade deficit" with me like I do with my dentist; I don't buy their products because I don't plan on going into dentistry.
Yet somehow I get paid, my dentist's suppliers get paid and my dentist certainly gets paid.
P.S.
Our drives are designed and manufactured right here in Southern California by Americans, all of whom make very good money for their efforts.
We sell our drives by the thousands to China among other places. They buy them because they are a very good value for the money even there. If they were to copy them, then a dozen would have been enough.
Our drives for export proudly say "Made in USA" not "Mad in USA".
Mariss |