The second largest trade deficit the United States ran in the first half of this year was with Mexico. But that bilateral trade deficit was $63,444,700,000—less than one-third the size of the $200,096,600,000 trade deficit with China.
The third largest merchandise trade deficit the United States ran in the first half of this year was with Vietnam ($57,808,200,000); the fourth largest was with Canada ($46,166,400,000); and the fifth largest was with Japan ($33,673.600,000).
In the first six months of this year, the United States exported $71,645,700,000 in goods to China, but imported $271,742,300,000—resulting in the deficit of $200,096,600,000.
In the first six months of last year, the United States imported $228,465,500,000 in goods from China and exported $71,535,900,000—resulting in a deficit of $156,929,600,000.
The $271,742,300,000 in imports the United States purchased from China in the first six months of this year is up $43,276,800,000—or 18.9 percent—from the $228,465,500,000 in imports that the United States purchased from China last year.
The $200,096,600,000 trade deficit the United States ran with China in the first half of this year is up $43,167,000,000—or 27.5 percent—from the $156,929,600,000 deficit the United States ran with China in the first half of last year.
