The Yanks have a pretty HUGE trade surplus btw… so really, they have
very little interest in “improving” their trade balance with anyone
else. So don’t blame them, you would do the same too if you were
in the same shoes (err… aligator skin Texan boots?)
But what’s really interesting & funny is…
1) go read the Oz media about “how much we’ve gained from FTA etc etc”
then
2) go over & read the US media about “how much we’ve screwed the silly
foreigners for, oh how good our negotiators have been etc etc”.
(like this lovely official annoucement)
:D:D:D:evil::dead:
Top Ten Countries with which the U.S. has a Trade Surplus
For the month of December 2003
Year To Date
Surplus in Surplus in
Millions Millions
Country Name of U.S. $ of U.S. $
NETHERLANDS 998.64 9,731.03
HONG KONG 691.47 4,691.71
AUSTRALIA 522.30 6,689.91
BELGIUM 320.44 5,077.26
EGYPT 143.39 1,516.40
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 122.83 2,381.36
PANAMA 116.25 1,546.77
JAMAICA 91.18 974.87
BERMUDA 72.91 385.97
BYELARUS 41.35 -131.27
USA Trade with Australia : 2003 (in millions of U.S. dollars.)
Month Exports Imports Balance
January 2003 840.9 566.8 274.1
February 2003 1,021.0 388.8 632.2
March 2003 991.7 469.7 522.0
April 2003 891.6 517.6 374.0
May 2003 1,048.7 593.8 454.9
June 2003 1,315.5 487.9 827.6
July 2003 1,391.5 560.6 830.9
August 2003 1,130.9 636.8 494.1
September 2003 1,162.8 504.6 658.2
October 2003 1,181.2 562.7 618.5
November 2003 1,033.6 552.5 481.1
December 2003 1,094.4 572.1 522.3
TOTAL 13,103.8 6,413.9 6,689.9
So yeah… we buy from US more than TWICE what they buy from us.
And that includes all those cows for their McDs..!! 😯
Biggest US exports?
we buy:-
Airplanes (Boeing, McDonnell-Douglas)
Weapons & armament
Guns & Ammo (S&W, Winchester…)
Computers & IT
Industrial Machinery
Farm chemicals – fertiliser, pesticides, (before long, also GM seeds)
Auto parts
Medical equipment
.
