Posted on 05/05/2016 5:53:50 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The United States ran a merchandise trade deficit of $165.0623 billion in the first quarter of 2016, which was down slightly from the $165.7159 billion merchandise trade deficit the United States ran in the first quarter of 2015, according to data released Wednesday by the Census Bureau.
The U.S. exported $347.5618 billion in goods during the quarter and imported $512.6241 billion.
The bilateral merchandise trade deficit with China during the first quarter was $77.9461 billion—by far the largest with any nation. […]
The second largest bilateral merchandise trade deficit the United States ran during the quarter was the $16.9356 billion deficit with Japan. […]
The third largest bilateral merchandise trade deficit the United States ran during the quarter was the $15.4544 billion deficit with Germany. …
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That will end so very soon.
The U.S. exported $1.7361 billion in goods to Vietnam during the quarter and imported $9.9310 billion.
Not to sure how it works, but it looks like I'm paying taxes to the NVA!
Isn’t the United States defending country #2 & country #3 for free?
The liberals set things up that way to actually encourage them to cut loose from US help and to shift US popular opinion in that direction too. They’ll regret playing the role of Victor Frankenstein.
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