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The US-China Trade Imbalance: How Big Is It Really?
- China: An International Journal
- NUS Press Pte Ltd
- Volume 3, Number 1, March 2005
- pp. 131-154
- 10.1353/chn.2005.0008
- Article
- Additional Information
Neither the US nor China trade imbalance figures are likely accurate. The overall trade imbalance is probably much smaller than what the US reports and much larger than what China reports. Its impact on the US is not as harmful as the official figures may suggest.