No cheating question - trade and China

[dmallind]

Data and perception are interesting things. So without looking it up please guess - to yourselves if you like - the answers to the following.

I ask, without much expectation, that nobody post the real data for a little while.

By how much do Chinese exports exceed US exports?

How much of their GDP does either country import?

Where does the US rank on the list of import/GDP countries?

What percentage of US imports come from China?

[entanglement]

1. I remember Germany, the US and China are the three largest exporters

Don't remember the order, though. I also know China's export to GDP ratio is quite high (40% or so) , and Germany's figure is similar. The US is #1 on the import list. Don't know the answers to the other questions.

[dmallind]

2. Very good - but a caveat

US is most definitely #1 importer in raw dollars, but imports far LESS of its GDP than China does.

IIRC it's something like 15% versus almost 40%