On the surface, good suggestions, but diversification of trading partners is long and hard and has not really worked very well going back to Daddy and his so-call '3rd Option' in the 80's when i was still in school. Times have changed and Mulroney cut no mustard in the US anymore, even though he was better than he got credit for.

Fact: The USA can pay for what ever it imports and buys the best products, regardless. Most countries can't or won't do at least one of those things.