On Aug 13, 2006, at 11:13 AM, Marvin Gandall wrote:
> Doug writes:
>>
>> On Aug 12, 2006, at 6:15 PM, Marvin Gandall wrote:
>>
>>> Further to the recent discussion about US market access as a
>>> foreign policy
>>> instrument, this from an article by Floyd Norris in today's NYT
>>> on the
>>> soaring volume of Chinese exports:
>>>
>>> "And while the United States is still the world’s No. 1
>>> exporter, that is
>>> nothing compared with its dominance of the other end of the trade
>>> equation.
>>> In the first half of this year, it imported more than China and
>>> Germany put
>>> together, and three times as much as Japan."
>>>
>>> No indication of the source of the data
>>
>> Export data usually comes from the WTO or the IMF.
>
> ===========================
> Do you or anyone else on the list know of any studies which collate
> the trade stats so as to confirm or refute the statement above?
> Couldn't find anything using a whole combination of keywords on
> Google, although, as you know, there is a ton of scattered data.
You have to pay through the nose for the IMF's Direction of Trade Statistics (though those with univ library access can get it), but there should be plenty here: <http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/ statis_e/statis_e.htm>.
Doug