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Rest of World’s Growth Is at Trump’s Mercy

America’s superior economic performance has been driven in part by energy independence and massive government spending, said Neil Shearing, chief economist at Capital Economics in London. Since the U.S. now exports more energy than it imports—including millions of barrels of oil each month to China—the nation as a whole benefits when energy prices rise, unlike for net importers such as China and Europe.

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