The Cool Visual Du Jour – Exports to China Edition
November 10th, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Economy, Globalization
We often think of trade with China in terms of imports, what we get from them, the graph below, from Visual Economics, shows the exports to China (click on the image or the link for large version):
Also note what kinds of goods are exported there: computers and electronics. Isn’t this surprising? One would think that stuff is made there. I already knew about the waste and scrap (that’s part of using the periphery as garbage dump). It is also well-known that the US exports a lot of corn. But computers and electronics?
Posted in Economy, Globalization | 2 Comments »
November 11th, 2009 at 4:54 am
Computer and electronincs – think software, not hardware.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:50 am
@Linca,
*Whacks forehead* Of course! Duh!
Thanks!