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China-United State Trade Deficit

Trade war with China? Looks like the United States is already in a war and is losing badly. Below, you will find an older post of the problem that has only gotten much worse. The table as been updated. Scroll to the bottom and see how much of our money has been plundered. 
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Recently, the US has reached an agreement with China regarding its exponentially growing trade deficit. Much will have to be made up if the United States is to recover the trillions of dollars already lost to our ever-growing powerful enemy. As of 2009, over $2 trillion dollars have been shipped overseas in exchange for temporary, cheap goods. The American people have knowingly given their money to this communist nation. Consequently, the US standard of living has decreased and many good jobs have been lost. 

The table below shows the yearly trade deficit the United States has with China from the beginning of our trade relations with that country. For example in 1985, China shipped $6 million more goods to the US than we shipped to them. In 2009, the imbalance ballooned to almost $227 billion. It was just 1972 when Nixon made his famous trip to open up a dialog. Only 13 years later, the deficits begin.  

Year             Deficit
1985            $6,000,000
1986         1,664,700,000
1987         2,793,300,000
1988         3,489,300,000
1989         6,234,300,000
1990        10,431,000,000
1991        12,691,000,000
1992        18,309,000,000
1993        22,777,000,000
1994        29,505,100,000
1995        33,789,500,000
1996        39,520,200,000
1997        49,695,500,000
1998        56,927,400,000
1999        68,677,100,000
2000        83,833,000,000
2001        83,096,100,000
2002       103,064,900,000
2003       124,068,200,000
2004       164,254,300,000
2005       202,278,100,000
2006       234,101,300,000
2007       258,506,000,000
2008       268,039,800,000
2009       226,877,200,000

2010       273,065,500,000
2011       295,456,500,000
2012       315,102,500,000
2013       318,683,800,000
2014       344,817,700,000
2015       367,256,700,000
2016       347,016,000,000
2017       375,227,500,000

Total   $4,741,255,500,000


Source: US Census Bureau 

Discourse of the Common Weal of this Realm of England, 1549: "We must always take heed that we buy no more from strangers than we sell them, for so should we impoverish ourselves and enrich them."

Also see U.S. Federal Deficits, Presidents, and Congress for annual and cumulative budget deficits.