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Its not that nations won't trade with us but you can look at the numbers of imports to continental Europe drop significantly post Iraq (especially during our rampant anti-France/anti-German phase). Hell, we had to threaten the EU with a WTO trial to get them to allow us to import billions of dollars worth of genetically engineered produce. That isn't to say they would have gladly excepted under another president, but it is to say our strained relations with continental Europe has cost us money and credibility which has effected trade.
Following up on the GE produce issue. We ended up not taking them to trial and instead agreed to specifically label all GE products so consumers could decide. Many of the big GE companies view this as a huge failure because of the cost of labelling and the knowledge that anti-American sentiment in the EU thanks to Iraq has influenced consumers their to shy away from American products when they can.
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"The courts that first rode the warhorse of virtual representation into battle on the res judicata front invested their steed with near-magical properties." ~27 F.3d 751
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