If you operate a store, I walk in and I buy something from you, am I "subsidizing" you? No. You provided me with something I need or want, and in exchange I paid you the amount of money that made it worth your while. It's a mutually beneficial transaction. There's no subsidizing going on. Same thing with trade. The idea that a trade deficit means you're subsidizing the other country, is nonsense.
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