US Bureau of Economic Analysis

The media s intense focus on China s exports to the United States has strangely ignored the fact that total US imports from all Pacific Rim countries, including China, have actually been in a steady decline since 1994, according to the US Bureau of Economic Analysis. Chinese exports to the United States have indeed been on the rise and to some extent, have replaced exports to the United States from other Asian countries, but not by nearly enough to keep the total overall volume from decreasing steadily. 

Figure 2. US. Imports, Pacific Rim, and China Source US. Bureau of Economic Analysis 2005...

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