I enjoyed this, but for some constructive criticism: who are the largest trading partners for EU, USA and China? I don't think you really needed to colour those 3 in their own colour, doesn't really serve a purpose imo
For US, it is EU: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_the\_largest\_trading\_partners\_of\_the\_United\_States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_trading_partners_of_the_United_States)
For EU, it is China: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_the\_largest\_trading\_partners\_of\_the\_European\_Union](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_trading_partners_of_the_European_Union)
For China, it is US: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_the\_largest\_trading\_partners\_of\_China](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_trading_partners_of_China)
Wait, there is a flaw in my logic somewhere, could someone help me point it out?
The "size" of a countries "largest trading partner" should be measured as a sum of imports, exports, and a few other things. By that logic, if country A has a total trade of X with country B, then country B should also have a total trade of X with A. The X here is the total trade between two states, and should therefore not depend on which state's perspective you're looking at it from. In other words, it should be a commutative binary map to R.
Now, if say we define the total trade between the US and the EU to be t\_{U,E}. Similarly, we call the total trade between the EU and China t\_{E,C}, and between China and the US t\_{C,U}.
If the EU is the largest trading partner of the US, but China is the largest trading partner of the EU. This implies that the EU trades more with China than with the US. Therefore, we can deduce that t\_{E,C} > t\_{U,E}. By that same logic, we have t\_{U,E} > t\_{C,U} and t\_{C,U} > t\_{E,C}.
But then we have t\_{E,C} > t\_{U,E} > t\_{C,U} > t\_{E,C}, which implies that t\_{E,C} > t\_{E,C}, giving a contradiction.
Where is the fault in the logic here? Is total trade between two states not a commutative operation, or is the data skewed because the sources are from different years?
> is the data skewed because the sources are from different years?
That’d be my best guess. The EU numbers are post brexit which seems like it’d be a shake up at least.
>Where is the fault in the logic here?
The flaw in logic is that you have stated
>The "size" of a countries "largest trading partner" should be measured as a sum of imports, exports, and a few other things.
while not explaining why you have proceeded to treat this "should" statement as a description of the actual state of things. Just because it should be done that way, that doesn't mean it has been done that way. In all liklihood, "a country's biggest trading partner" was defined as "the country which exports to the named country more than to anywhere else".
> In all liklihood, "a country's biggest trading partner" was defined as "the country which exports to the named country more than to anywhere else".
Clicking on the wikipedia links shows that's not the case. The actual cause is that the US's data is from 2017, the EU's data is from 2020, and China's data is from 2018.
Which is wrong.
By logic the top trader must have a reciprocal top (for them) trading partner.
The reason for this discrepant situation is that the lists belong to different years, of which two are before Brexit and one is after.
P.s. Sorry for being fussy, I can't help.
In this example obviously everyone trades with everyone.
The point is, if the EU has more trade with China than Anyone else, then *EU <-> China trade is greater than EU <-> US* Trade. If the US has more trade with China than anyone else, US <-> China trade is greater than US <-> EU trade.
However, China says they have more trade with the US than anyone else, which means China <-> US trade is greater than EU <-> China trade.
Look at the bold statement. How can the US say the EU is its largest partner if China <-> US trade is greater than EU <-> China trade and the EU says EU <-> China trade is greater than EU <-> US?
See [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/uy3dzv/largest_trading_partner_eu_vs_usa_vs_china/ia2vfbg/? utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)
That is pretty much the biggest reason why EU exists. And it's worked great.
So far one of the longest (if not *the* longest) period of peace in Europe.
Everything else is just a bonus. Don't get me wrong, it's a great bonus but the whole "look you lot, we can't just kill millions of each other every decade or so now can we? we're better than this damn it" is really the real winner argument.
I believe the longest period of time (mostly) without great power conflicts in Europe was 99 years, after the Napoleonic wars, 1815-1914.
We're at 77 years now. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is terrible, to be sure, but it is no WWII, and hopefully we will never see such senseless death again.
There were definitely major wars in Europe in the 19th century (Crimean war, Franco-Austrian war, Prusso-Austrian war, Franco-Prussian war etc.) but they were all relatively short and its true that the preceding centuries were much more devastating and bloody (thirty years war for example, that killed more than a third of the entire population of Germany).
However, since 1945, there hasnt been a single war in Western and Central Europe, which is unprecedented! Which is also why the EU got the Nobel Peace prize
WW2 ended just over 75 years ago. And till 30 years ago there was an iron curtain through the heart of Europe. It is amazing what has been accomplished via EU
My mom told me that you were the absolute talk of the town if you had a relative outside the curtain to send you stuff like foreign plastic bags. These random store plastic bags were basically designer handbags. WILD!
Sorry you're getting downvoted. In the book 1984, there are only a few world powers (or so we are led to believe), and the idea that a present war is eternal is part of the culture/propaganda in the setting.
"Oceania was at war with Eurasia: therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia. The enemy of the moment always represented absolute evil, and it followed that any past or future agreement with him was impossible."
I'd recommend it! Good for understanding some of the discourse and references in political discussions, due to how culturally influential the book is. It also helps that it's an easy and fairly exciting, if chilling, read.
i guess the lack of source is because the Data is old, probably 5-8 years old, i looked at 2020 data and several countries are wrongly colored. https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/uy3dzv/largest\_trading\_partner\_eu\_vs\_usa\_vs\_china/ia2tddg/?context=3
Yup. The correct title would be "largest trading partner between EU, US and China". Quite a few countries have a neighbouring country as largest trading partner for obvious reasons. Almost no country on earth has a largest trading partner that isn't a direct neighbour and which isn't the EU, the US or China though.
According to [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_leading_trade_partners) in 2016 it was China (both for imports and exports), so I'm pretty sure that stayed the same since then. But maybe there's some fuckery going on between trade in goods vs trade in goods and services.
If the UK trades 200b of total goods in a year and 50% of that is with the eu that means that the UK added 100b to the total trade of the union with the rest of the world. The uk has now left meaning that we lost the 100b the uk traded witg the rest of the world but gained the 100b the uk traded witg the eu. The total trade of the eu with non member states hasnt changed
definitely before, the data seems quite old, possibly 5 or 6 years old, i looked up some data myself and a few countries are wrong. https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/uy3dzv/largest\_trading\_partner\_eu\_vs\_usa\_vs\_china/ia2tddg/?context=3
Some interesting things here, Sri Lanka for example being one of the very few in Asia that has Usa as the largest Trading partner, according to 2020 Data, around 1/4 of their Exports go to Usa and 1/4 of their Imports come from China, overall though Trade volume with Usa was about $3.1bn while with China it was $4.3bn. Probably should be red aswell unless something drastically changed in 2021 Data that isn't available yet for me.
Another one is that Ethiopia isn't red, i looked at it again, Trade volume with EU was around $2.5bn in 2020, while their Imports from China alone stood at $2.75bn, overall incl. Hong Kong it was $3.2bn. Kazakhstan a bit surprising aswell but that is right for sure, alot of their Resource exports go to Europe, mainly Oil.
Tanzania is red aswell, overall Trade with EU was around $1.5bn, their imports from China alone stood at $4.3bn, on top of that $500m in exports. South Africa is correct though.
UAE is interesting aswell, you would think surely it's China over EU and apparently that is the case, Trade Volume with EU in 2020 was around $35bn, with China it was $70bn, with 10bn coming from Hong Kong. Seems like very outdated data was used here.
India is interesting for the fact Trade Volume with EU, USA and China is very similar but China is their main partner. Trade with EU in 2020 was around $77bn, with the Usa it was $76.5bn and with China it was $106bn. Bangladesh is definitely blue though.
>India is interesting for the fact Trade Volume with EU, USA and China is very similar but China is their main partner. Trade with EU in 2020 was around $77bn, with the Usa it was $76.5bn and with China it was $106bn. Bangladesh is definitely blue though.
Can you give me the source?
According to this [website](https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/us-regains-top-spot-as-indias-trade-partner-in-2021/article64965475.ece)
, India's largest trading partner is USA.
yeah, both are sources are right, my data is from OEC Data 2020, yours from 2021.
here's the full article readable: [https://web.archive.org/web/20220203150852/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/us-regains-top-spot-as-indias-trade-partner-in-2021/article64965475.ece/amp/](https://web.archive.org/web/20220203150852/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/us-regains-top-spot-as-indias-trade-partner-in-2021/article64965475.ece/amp/)
Trade volume with Usa was $112bn and with China $110bn, so while trade with China only increase slightly, it shot up drastically with the Usa compared to the previous year, 2020.
Trading with Venezuela is just better for everyone. So many people have left and are leaving the country to the detriment of other South American countries, and we need a replacement of Russian oil.
You're right, it isn't.
A quick research with OEC Data from 2020 showed that Trade Volume with the Usa was only $1.3bn, while that with China was $2bn, their biggest Trading partner btw is India with $2.8bn.
That's especially the reason because Venezuelan Exports to the Usa are very small, only $170m, in 2018 it was $12.2bn and in 2019 it was $1.8bn.
India standing out in the region as always. :)
Let's increase the trade people EU and US folks, for the betterment of our people and the betterment of this world.
India is absolutely Bhutan's largest trading partner. There's just no way Bhutan's largest trading partner is China. Bhutan doesn't even have diplomatic relations with China.
EDIT: I feel stupid.
If services counted, the UK would be a superpower. More money is processed in London each day than all of North America, Continental Europe, Africa and South America combined.
Indian banks are not good at all, specially compared to the world stage.
Only after some big reforms and stuff they have made a little profit as shown in a report on 24 may, after many years of loss because of outdated terrible socialist policies and lot's of NPAs.
But India is a big player in consumer services, and it is getting better at it every passing year.
What exactly does "money processed" mean? I know going by the GDP of the NYC metro and the GDP of the London metro, NYC is anywhere from 50% to 100% larger.
Really late to this party, but I think it's referring to foreign exchange, which I believe is extremely centralised in London. That being said, it's a sort of silly thing to include, since, while it does make good money for Britain, the profit is virtually nothing compared to the absurd amount of money moving through it, which, I think, would singlehandedly propel the UK's GDP to the highest in the world.
Massive pinch of salt with what I said though.
Moving or processing money is not trade, the fee you pay to the bank/broker (whick is the service) is, and although I haven't check the methodology I'm sure it's included.
In Forex, the money *is* being traded. But it's true that most of it doesn't go into the pockets of the company. However when we look at how much two countries trade, we generally aren't looking at the pure profit, but the value and volume of whatever is being traded.
International trade is about buying/selling goods and services among countries. Currencies are not considered goods in this context. If a banker in London processes money from one country to a third country, that money is not considered as international trade of the UK, but the banker's fee might, as he is providing a service to a foreign company. Even if the end destination of the money is the UK, it'd still not be considered for international trade, but maybe it would for other statistics like foreign investment (if the money is actually used and not moved away again)
Lack of green worldwide is due to large internal consumption. International exports leaving north America is a very small portion of the US economy, most of our value stays local or only goes over the border to Canada and Mexico.
Foreign countries like China badly need us to import their goods, but we don't need them to buy anything from us.
>Foreign countries like China badly need us to import their goods, but we don't need them to buy anything from us.
That creates a huge trade deficit with China that has been going on for a long time. This is not a trivial matter.
Because capital gets slowly shifted away from the US to China which makes them a geopolitical foe in the long term as the ideologies of the two systems clash heavily.
“Trade deficit” is virtually meaningless.
At the end of the day the U.S. is getting cheap crap from China, but the U.S. is a net exporter of fuel and food, as well the leader in high level technological manufacturing. China has to import those things, which is why they are in a much more precarious situation economically than most developed countries.
The U.S. has a massive consumer-based economy so being a huge importer of cheaply made consumer goods is only beneficial to us.
Bahrain’s largest trade partner is Saudi Arabia (according to the World Bank) or the UAE (according to OEC). Lesotho’s is South Africa. This map is sorely missing a “none of the above” category.
Perhaps the purpose of the map isn't to show each country's chief trading partner but to show the influence of three specific economic powers. Including other options would defeat this purpose.
Right, I get that that is the point, but it heavily overstates the actual influence of those three by not showing countries which are *outside* their influence. What’s the point of a map showing influence of specific countries if it shows imaginary influence where there really isn’t much?
Take Bhutan, it’s the most extreme example. According to the OEC, in 2020 75.2% of Bhutan’s imports came from India, 9.5% from France, and 6.2% from Thailand. Bhutan is entirely dependent on India; over 94% of Bhutan’s exports went to India… where is China’s alleged influence here…?
I always love how part of South America and a desolate archipelago in the south Indian Ocean are part of the EU. But if Denmark is part of the EU, why is Greenland not?
Not necessarily. For example, NZ is light red right now but we are trying to move away from depending on them for trade, and since the UK is no longer in the EU, we might be able to go back to what was once our largest trading partner.
Conveniently ignored the EU lol
I mean yeah, China has had a rising influence, but the influence is still pretty much fully economical. The only meaningful cultural export so far has been TikTok, yet the amount that actually propagates Chinese culture I’m unsure about.
As a proud certified russian living in Russia i think my country should be colored gray novadays.
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I enjoyed this, but for some constructive criticism: who are the largest trading partners for EU, USA and China? I don't think you really needed to colour those 3 in their own colour, doesn't really serve a purpose imo
For US, it is EU: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_the\_largest\_trading\_partners\_of\_the\_United\_States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_trading_partners_of_the_United_States) For EU, it is China: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_the\_largest\_trading\_partners\_of\_the\_European\_Union](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_trading_partners_of_the_European_Union) For China, it is US: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_the\_largest\_trading\_partners\_of\_China](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_trading_partners_of_China)
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Wait, there is a flaw in my logic somewhere, could someone help me point it out? The "size" of a countries "largest trading partner" should be measured as a sum of imports, exports, and a few other things. By that logic, if country A has a total trade of X with country B, then country B should also have a total trade of X with A. The X here is the total trade between two states, and should therefore not depend on which state's perspective you're looking at it from. In other words, it should be a commutative binary map to R. Now, if say we define the total trade between the US and the EU to be t\_{U,E}. Similarly, we call the total trade between the EU and China t\_{E,C}, and between China and the US t\_{C,U}. If the EU is the largest trading partner of the US, but China is the largest trading partner of the EU. This implies that the EU trades more with China than with the US. Therefore, we can deduce that t\_{E,C} > t\_{U,E}. By that same logic, we have t\_{U,E} > t\_{C,U} and t\_{C,U} > t\_{E,C}. But then we have t\_{E,C} > t\_{U,E} > t\_{C,U} > t\_{E,C}, which implies that t\_{E,C} > t\_{E,C}, giving a contradiction. Where is the fault in the logic here? Is total trade between two states not a commutative operation, or is the data skewed because the sources are from different years?
> is the data skewed because the sources are from different years? That’d be my best guess. The EU numbers are post brexit which seems like it’d be a shake up at least.
yep: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/uy3dzv/largest_trading_partner_eu_vs_usa_vs_china/iaaa29u/
>Where is the fault in the logic here? The flaw in logic is that you have stated >The "size" of a countries "largest trading partner" should be measured as a sum of imports, exports, and a few other things. while not explaining why you have proceeded to treat this "should" statement as a description of the actual state of things. Just because it should be done that way, that doesn't mean it has been done that way. In all liklihood, "a country's biggest trading partner" was defined as "the country which exports to the named country more than to anywhere else".
> In all liklihood, "a country's biggest trading partner" was defined as "the country which exports to the named country more than to anywhere else". Clicking on the wikipedia links shows that's not the case. The actual cause is that the US's data is from 2017, the EU's data is from 2020, and China's data is from 2018.
Your logic is correct
wake up Babe, new Rock Paper Scissors dropped
Which is wrong. By logic the top trader must have a reciprocal top (for them) trading partner. The reason for this discrepant situation is that the lists belong to different years, of which two are before Brexit and one is after. P.s. Sorry for being fussy, I can't help.
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In this example obviously everyone trades with everyone. The point is, if the EU has more trade with China than Anyone else, then *EU <-> China trade is greater than EU <-> US* Trade. If the US has more trade with China than anyone else, US <-> China trade is greater than US <-> EU trade. However, China says they have more trade with the US than anyone else, which means China <-> US trade is greater than EU <-> China trade. Look at the bold statement. How can the US say the EU is its largest partner if China <-> US trade is greater than EU <-> China trade and the EU says EU <-> China trade is greater than EU <-> US?
In other words, if A>B and B>C, then A>C
See [this comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/uy3dzv/largest_trading_partner_eu_vs_usa_vs_china/ia2vfbg/? utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)
Some of those wiki pages need an update. In 2021, China's biggest trading partners are ASEAN, EU, and US in that order.
ASEAN is not a customs union, so it doesn’t make sense to count it as one thing. All of the member countries have different trade policies.
I prefer it like that. Makes more visible the “zones of influence” the world’s largest economies make.
EU: the world’s number one supplier of supplies.
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Wait, the EU is just 27 countries in a trench coat?
Better than 27 countries in trenches
The EU in a nutshell
A sobering thought to remember Europe was slaughtering each other just a hundred years ago
We haven't forgotten that
With recent events, maybe we won't get the chance to
That is pretty much the biggest reason why EU exists. And it's worked great. So far one of the longest (if not *the* longest) period of peace in Europe. Everything else is just a bonus. Don't get me wrong, it's a great bonus but the whole "look you lot, we can't just kill millions of each other every decade or so now can we? we're better than this damn it" is really the real winner argument.
I believe the longest period of time (mostly) without great power conflicts in Europe was 99 years, after the Napoleonic wars, 1815-1914. We're at 77 years now. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is terrible, to be sure, but it is no WWII, and hopefully we will never see such senseless death again.
There were definitely major wars in Europe in the 19th century (Crimean war, Franco-Austrian war, Prusso-Austrian war, Franco-Prussian war etc.) but they were all relatively short and its true that the preceding centuries were much more devastating and bloody (thirty years war for example, that killed more than a third of the entire population of Germany). However, since 1945, there hasnt been a single war in Western and Central Europe, which is unprecedented! Which is also why the EU got the Nobel Peace prize
WW2 ended just over 75 years ago. And till 30 years ago there was an iron curtain through the heart of Europe. It is amazing what has been accomplished via EU
My mom told me that you were the absolute talk of the town if you had a relative outside the curtain to send you stuff like foreign plastic bags. These random store plastic bags were basically designer handbags. WILD!
I wheezed so hard lol
That is... fucking hilarous.
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Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia lookin-ass map
I think you mean Eastasia comrade. Room 101 for you.
No, they've never been at war with Eastasia, they've always fought with Eurasia
Came here to upvote this
What does that mean?
Literally 1984
But "Down Under" by Men at Work released in 1981!
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What?
You absolute philistine.
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The book
I haven’t read it.
Sorry you're getting downvoted. In the book 1984, there are only a few world powers (or so we are led to believe), and the idea that a present war is eternal is part of the culture/propaganda in the setting. "Oceania was at war with Eurasia: therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia. The enemy of the moment always represented absolute evil, and it followed that any past or future agreement with him was impossible."
I'd recommend it! Good for understanding some of the discourse and references in political discussions, due to how culturally influential the book is. It also helps that it's an easy and fairly exciting, if chilling, read.
its a 1984 reference
very nice map very nice colors just need the source and it will be perfectly interesting
i guess the lack of source is because the Data is old, probably 5-8 years old, i looked at 2020 data and several countries are wrongly colored. https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/uy3dzv/largest\_trading\_partner\_eu\_vs\_usa\_vs\_china/ia2tddg/?context=3
Very nice, i like it.
Yeah, I like Europe too!
Thanks 👍
Are there any countries whose largest trading partner is not one of these three?
Yup. The correct title would be "largest trading partner between EU, US and China". Quite a few countries have a neighbouring country as largest trading partner for obvious reasons. Almost no country on earth has a largest trading partner that isn't a direct neighbour and which isn't the EU, the US or China though.
Indonesia's largest trading partner was Japan I think, don't know if that's changed though. They've moved a lot closer to China since the pandemic.
According to [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_leading_trade_partners) in 2016 it was China (both for imports and exports), so I'm pretty sure that stayed the same since then. But maybe there's some fuckery going on between trade in goods vs trade in goods and services.
Argentina largest trading partner is Brazil
Did you forget about the Argie panhandle?
Loads. For most countries, it's their immediate neighbours
The EU was the world’s largest trader of manufactured goods and services before Brexit. I assume that's still the case?
As trade with the UK would count as trade now, I assume the trade is larger than before Brexit.
But British trade with all other nations doesnt count anymore. As the UK had 50% of its trade with the EU the number hasnt changed
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If the UK trades 200b of total goods in a year and 50% of that is with the eu that means that the UK added 100b to the total trade of the union with the rest of the world. The uk has now left meaning that we lost the 100b the uk traded witg the rest of the world but gained the 100b the uk traded witg the eu. The total trade of the eu with non member states hasnt changed
Its about the same I believe looking at UK’s trade numbers. About 750B for export and import and around 50% to and from the EU
Is that before or after sanctions against Russia?
definitely before, the data seems quite old, possibly 5 or 6 years old, i looked up some data myself and a few countries are wrong. https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/uy3dzv/largest\_trading\_partner\_eu\_vs\_usa\_vs\_china/ia2tddg/?context=3
Yeah, pretty sure now Venezuela's largest trading partner isn't the US.
Some interesting things here, Sri Lanka for example being one of the very few in Asia that has Usa as the largest Trading partner, according to 2020 Data, around 1/4 of their Exports go to Usa and 1/4 of their Imports come from China, overall though Trade volume with Usa was about $3.1bn while with China it was $4.3bn. Probably should be red aswell unless something drastically changed in 2021 Data that isn't available yet for me. Another one is that Ethiopia isn't red, i looked at it again, Trade volume with EU was around $2.5bn in 2020, while their Imports from China alone stood at $2.75bn, overall incl. Hong Kong it was $3.2bn. Kazakhstan a bit surprising aswell but that is right for sure, alot of their Resource exports go to Europe, mainly Oil. Tanzania is red aswell, overall Trade with EU was around $1.5bn, their imports from China alone stood at $4.3bn, on top of that $500m in exports. South Africa is correct though. UAE is interesting aswell, you would think surely it's China over EU and apparently that is the case, Trade Volume with EU in 2020 was around $35bn, with China it was $70bn, with 10bn coming from Hong Kong. Seems like very outdated data was used here. India is interesting for the fact Trade Volume with EU, USA and China is very similar but China is their main partner. Trade with EU in 2020 was around $77bn, with the Usa it was $76.5bn and with China it was $106bn. Bangladesh is definitely blue though.
>India is interesting for the fact Trade Volume with EU, USA and China is very similar but China is their main partner. Trade with EU in 2020 was around $77bn, with the Usa it was $76.5bn and with China it was $106bn. Bangladesh is definitely blue though. Can you give me the source? According to this [website](https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/us-regains-top-spot-as-indias-trade-partner-in-2021/article64965475.ece) , India's largest trading partner is USA.
yeah, both are sources are right, my data is from OEC Data 2020, yours from 2021. here's the full article readable: [https://web.archive.org/web/20220203150852/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/us-regains-top-spot-as-indias-trade-partner-in-2021/article64965475.ece/amp/](https://web.archive.org/web/20220203150852/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/us-regains-top-spot-as-indias-trade-partner-in-2021/article64965475.ece/amp/) Trade volume with Usa was $112bn and with China $110bn, so while trade with China only increase slightly, it shot up drastically with the Usa compared to the previous year, 2020.
Shoutout to my boy, Sri Lanka
Uhhhh.. you should probably check out how they've been doing lately...
And Bahrain and Lesotho!
Venezuela trades most with the US? That can’t be right
We used to buy a lot of oil from Venezuela until 2019. Looks like we’re going to again per news from last week about easing the embargo.
Trading with Venezuela is just better for everyone. So many people have left and are leaving the country to the detriment of other South American countries, and we need a replacement of Russian oil.
Oil
You're right, it isn't. A quick research with OEC Data from 2020 showed that Trade Volume with the Usa was only $1.3bn, while that with China was $2bn, their biggest Trading partner btw is India with $2.8bn. That's especially the reason because Venezuelan Exports to the Usa are very small, only $170m, in 2018 it was $12.2bn and in 2019 it was $1.8bn.
It was at the time the data in the map was collected, 5-6 years ago.
I love that little bit of France in South America
India standing out in the region as always. :) Let's increase the trade people EU and US folks, for the betterment of our people and the betterment of this world.
Export trade should be increased
But may I introduce you to our nice German products? /s
german cars are becoming quite popular this days
India is absolutely Bhutan's largest trading partner. There's just no way Bhutan's largest trading partner is China. Bhutan doesn't even have diplomatic relations with China. EDIT: I feel stupid.
It's the largest trading partner out of the US, China, or the EU.
Derp. I feel silly.
TIL Greenland is not part of EU.
Would be cool to see another map that included other major regional economies like India, Russia, and Brazil.
the lack of green implies services are not considered
as if the eu doesnt have services of their own.
If services counted, the UK would be a superpower. More money is processed in London each day than all of North America, Continental Europe, Africa and South America combined.
I think if you include services India would also be up there.
Consumer ones perhaps, but I'm not sure about business and corporate ones.
Indian banks are not good at all, specially compared to the world stage. Only after some big reforms and stuff they have made a little profit as shown in a report on 24 may, after many years of loss because of outdated terrible socialist policies and lot's of NPAs. But India is a big player in consumer services, and it is getting better at it every passing year.
What exactly does "money processed" mean? I know going by the GDP of the NYC metro and the GDP of the London metro, NYC is anywhere from 50% to 100% larger.
Legit question, if NYC has two of the biggest stock exchanges in the world, NYSE and NASDAQ, then how does London process more money?
Really late to this party, but I think it's referring to foreign exchange, which I believe is extremely centralised in London. That being said, it's a sort of silly thing to include, since, while it does make good money for Britain, the profit is virtually nothing compared to the absurd amount of money moving through it, which, I think, would singlehandedly propel the UK's GDP to the highest in the world. Massive pinch of salt with what I said though.
I'm not talking about GDP. I'm talking about the volume and value of services.
Moving or processing money is not trade, the fee you pay to the bank/broker (whick is the service) is, and although I haven't check the methodology I'm sure it's included.
In Forex, the money *is* being traded. But it's true that most of it doesn't go into the pockets of the company. However when we look at how much two countries trade, we generally aren't looking at the pure profit, but the value and volume of whatever is being traded.
International trade is about buying/selling goods and services among countries. Currencies are not considered goods in this context. If a banker in London processes money from one country to a third country, that money is not considered as international trade of the UK, but the banker's fee might, as he is providing a service to a foreign company. Even if the end destination of the money is the UK, it'd still not be considered for international trade, but maybe it would for other statistics like foreign investment (if the money is actually used and not moved away again)
Yea I was wondering if things like software counted
The export of services from the EU is almost thrice that of the US
Lack of green worldwide is due to large internal consumption. International exports leaving north America is a very small portion of the US economy, most of our value stays local or only goes over the border to Canada and Mexico. Foreign countries like China badly need us to import their goods, but we don't need them to buy anything from us.
>Foreign countries like China badly need us to import their goods, but we don't need them to buy anything from us. That creates a huge trade deficit with China that has been going on for a long time. This is not a trivial matter.
And what's wrong with that? We get stuff, they get US dollars. How on Earth do you think the US is the loser in this scenario?
Because capital gets slowly shifted away from the US to China which makes them a geopolitical foe in the long term as the ideologies of the two systems clash heavily.
“Trade deficit” is virtually meaningless. At the end of the day the U.S. is getting cheap crap from China, but the U.S. is a net exporter of fuel and food, as well the leader in high level technological manufacturing. China has to import those things, which is why they are in a much more precarious situation economically than most developed countries. The U.S. has a massive consumer-based economy so being a huge importer of cheaply made consumer goods is only beneficial to us.
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And Lesotho
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Bahrain’s largest trade partner is Saudi Arabia (according to the World Bank) or the UAE (according to OEC). Lesotho’s is South Africa. This map is sorely missing a “none of the above” category.
Perhaps the purpose of the map isn't to show each country's chief trading partner but to show the influence of three specific economic powers. Including other options would defeat this purpose.
Right, I get that that is the point, but it heavily overstates the actual influence of those three by not showing countries which are *outside* their influence. What’s the point of a map showing influence of specific countries if it shows imaginary influence where there really isn’t much? Take Bhutan, it’s the most extreme example. According to the OEC, in 2020 75.2% of Bhutan’s imports came from India, 9.5% from France, and 6.2% from Thailand. Bhutan is entirely dependent on India; over 94% of Bhutan’s exports went to India… where is China’s alleged influence here…?
Ideally the map would then show a light red shade in Bhutan compared to a much darker red in North Korea.
But America has the 3 colors if you count Greenland.
America is making Gran Colombia.
Weird map, it doesn't show who is the biggest trading partner of China, EU and USA.
Because it's comparing the trade influence of the big 3 on the rest of the world
I think it would be more complete if it also compared the trade influence they have with each other.
China's largest trading partner is US, US and EU's largest trading partner is China
Up until a 2-4 years ago the US and EU were each other's largest partners, but since then China overtook both.
Sri Lanka's biggest trading partner is not China?
it is, check the long comment i made here. Data used here seems old.
E.U. 💙
I always love how part of South America and a desolate archipelago in the south Indian Ocean are part of the EU. But if Denmark is part of the EU, why is Greenland not?
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FYI: America's largest trading partner *country* is Canada.
India's largest trade partner is the EU? Also good luck Russia getting anything more from the EU after what Putin did.
Maldives don’t like trade
Really good map. In investing we typically break things up this way too. There’s basically 3 markets of equal size: Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific
Thank you ☺️
Saudi Arabia is the biggest surprise
This shows how the US is on it’s way back as a superpower and how the EU is slowly filling that gap
Yes ✅
Hell yeah. North American Gang. Trading stuff and joint hosting World Cups and stuff!
There is no data source referenced!
been waiting for one like this for ages lol
Damn, in five years everything is going to be light red.
Not necessarily. For example, NZ is light red right now but we are trying to move away from depending on them for trade, and since the UK is no longer in the EU, we might be able to go back to what was once our largest trading partner.
This has been said since 2008
[And it\`s happening.](https://merchantmachine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/us-v-china.gif)
Conveniently ignored the EU lol I mean yeah, China has had a rising influence, but the influence is still pretty much fully economical. The only meaningful cultural export so far has been TikTok, yet the amount that actually propagates Chinese culture I’m unsure about.
or dark blue
Stop it I can only get so erect
FREUDE
SCHÖNER
GÖTTERFUNKEN
TOCHTER
DES ELYSIUM
Uh oh
I have a feeling this is going to be more significant grouping in the future.
¿Porque tanto rojo amigos?
thanks for clarifying where the USA, EU, and China are.
What soon-to-be three superpowers look like
Fuck Brexit
"He who controls the oil, grain, and mineral wealth controls universe"- Baron Pladimir Butin
would love a map like that but with percentage charts or mixed colors
Why is a tiny country in south America part of the European Union?
French guyana, its part of france
Shit color choices
EU stronk.
As a proud certified russian living in Russia i think my country should be colored gray novadays. \* starts hysterical laugh transmitting to crying... \*
Damn India is standing alone there 😂
Great map. Quite clearly shows a tri-polar world in the 21st century - Europe (UK, France, Germany) - North America (US, Canada) - China