About it reports RIA Novosti with reference to the data of the US Department of Commerce.
It is noted that Mexico is now at the head of the list of the largest trading partners of the United States, followed by Canada, with a small margin. China dropped to the third position in the corresponding list for the first time since 2005.
It clarifies that the volume of mutual trade between the United States and China in the first six months of 2019 amounted to $ 271 billion. US imports from China fell by 12% in annual terms, while exports to China fell by 19%.
Earlier, the American leader Donald Trump said that the United States from September 1 will impose duties of 10% on the "remaining" imports from China, which is estimated at $ 300 billion.
Dmitry Rodionov, Director of the Center for Geopolitical Studies at the Institute for Innovative Development, in an interview with FAN, appreciated the trade opposition of Washington and Beijing.