• Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca
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      11 hours ago

      China can do without United States luxury imports like cars and iPhones for far longer than American consumers can do without coffee makers, microwaves, televisions, blenders, dishes, utensils, clothing, and literally every other consumer good in existence.

      Maybe pay some attention instead of just posting a meaningless number. It’s not HOW MUCH trade is done, it’s WHAT is coming to and from each of the countries.

      China doesn’t need America’s crap. America most definitely does need China’s.

    • eatCasserole@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      Per that list, the US counts for a little over 10% of China’s trade, and if the previous comment is accurate, that’s 10% of, at most, 40%. So, let’s say ~5% of the economy in a worst-case scenario.

      It’s not nothing, but they could probably make it nothing in a couple of years, at the pace they’ve been going.