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Thread #118554   Message #2566425
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
13-Feb-09 - 08:16 PM
Thread Name: BS: How much is US supporting Saudi Arabia?
Subject: RE: BS: How much is US supporting Saudi Arabia?
Looking at foreign trade deficits, China looms over Saudi Arabia, 6 to 1.
From these figures, one might get the idea that the U. S. supports the world, but domestic trade is much larger.

2008 U. S. Gov't figures:

China    -266332 million
Canada    - 74000 million
Japan    - 72669 million
Mexico    - 64376 million
Germany   - 42820 million
S. Arabia - 42338 million
France    - 14810 million
S. Korea - 13268 million
India    - 7095 million
UK       - 4844 million

And here is one where the U. S. is in a plus position:
Brazil    + 2451 million

Read 'em and weep!