Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong, welcome! Your great country [of China] makes our Happy Meals possible!
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Mocking the relationship between trade and consumer products.
- In plain terms
- China makes cheap American products.
- What can you take from it?
- Highlight global trade impacts on daily life.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does global trade affect you?
- How do you discuss trade?
Another view
It reduces complex trade issues to a slogan.
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