$1.2 TRILLION. That’s China’s trade surplus over the last 12 months.
No country in modern history has ever crossed that mark.
And they did it while fighting a trade war with the U.S.
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A tariff is a border tax paid by importers to make foreign goods pricier and less competitive.
In theory, this should reduce demand for Chinese goods in the U.S. and shrink the surplus.
In reality, China has rewired its trade map so thoroughly that the U.S. is no longer the… pic.twitter.com/5tD9gGA76m
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Over the last 18 months, China’s exports to markets outside the U.S. have jumped by $400 billion, hitting a record ~$3.2 trillion on a 12-month basis.
That’s bigger than the GDP of countries like Brazil or South Korea
The U.S. share of Chinese exports has slid from 20% in 2018… pic.twitter.com/xO0D2nhgxz
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