Source: FORBES, 9/7/17

The export of U.S. goods to China are lower than they were in 2013 and 2014, but looking closer at the trade figures shows just how important China is to the U.S. economy. While there is an ever-widening trade gap between the two nations, the U.S. is exporting more goods and service to China, on balance, each year. Whether or not this makes it harder for the Trump Administration to go ahead with increasing duties on certain Made in China items remains to be seen.

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