In the middle of the tariff war, China is no longer the main trading partner of the United States. Glide to the third

As a result of the ongoing trade war, China is no longer the largest trading partner of the United States and has been replaced by the neighbors of America, Mexico and Canada, according to an article by press.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Mexico was the largest trading partner of the United States, followed by Canada in the first half, according to the latest official data.

Due to the ongoing trade war between the United States and China, imports from China to the United States fell by 12% and US exports to China decreased by 19%, the daily added. .

After coming to power, Donald Trump imposed a 25% import duty on Chinese products, for an amount of 250 billion USD.

Another tariff of 10% on products worth $ 300 billion will come into effect on September 1st.

Donald Trump has so far claimed that China has been unfair to the United States. China has also taken a number of retaliatory measures.

According to a Commerce Department report, the total value of bilateral goods traded with China fell 14 percent in the first half of the year to $ 271.04 billion, the Wall said. Street Journal.

"After occupying first place among US trading partners from 2015 to 2018, China now ranks 3rd and now smaller than Mexico for the first time since 2005," he said.

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