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Please China, slap back with an even higher number. See if you can out bluff the annoying orange. I feel like American consumers are way more reliant on Chinese stuff than China is relying on American goods.
Hahaha.. China needs US consumers far more than US needs Chinese consumers.
There's a 200 billion+ trade deficit from China...
Edit: 300 billion
False.
https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/china-mongolia-taiwan/peoples-republic-china
From your source, the last sentence is
Doesn't that confirm their assertion of a $200B+ trade deficit or am I confused? I'm not particularly economics savvy.
Edit: derp, I reversed the meaning of their comment, they thought the US has the deficit. They got it backwards!