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US goods trade balance with China

G-USCN-04 · gap-us-china
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Exports $143,271.7 million; imports $440,319.4 million; balance -$297,047.7 million — US goods trade balance with China · 2024U.S. Census Bureau, Trade in Goods with China · 2024Source named — not yet verified
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U.S. Census Bureau, Trade in Goods with China — https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html. Matched to the source page by an automated research pass on 6 Oct 2026; not yet checked by a person..

What it proves

Deep two-way trade creates mutual dependence that raises the cost of conflict, yet the deficit fuels US grievance.

trade deficitus-china tradeeconomic interdependencecensus bureautrade wardecoupling

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