>People's Daily Online
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>Business
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>June 20, 2004
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>Top 10 trade partners of China's mainland
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>The Chinese mainland's trade with its top 10 partners from
>January to April, with the value in million US dollars and change on a
>year-on-year basis:
>http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200406/20/eng20040620_146951.html
Interesting. Do the math and you find the following trade balances:
Japan -7,664 USA 18,026 EU 6,987 ASEAN -7,774 Hong Kong 23,610 ROK -11,470 Taiwan Province -16,311 Russia -1,705 Australia -1,045 Canada -39
Leaving aside HK, the U.S. is in a class by itself. China's running large trade deficits with Japan, ASEAN, S Korea, Taiwan, Russia, and Australia, and a small one with Canada. The surplus with the U.S. is almost three times that with the EU. Is it because they all don't have enough Wal-Marts?
Doug