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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