Trade Data – Fact versus Fiction

Made in China: Most of what you pay goes to U.S. workers and businesses, despite what the label says

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/11/reminder-most-what-you-pay-made-china-product-goes-us-workers-businesses/

“About 56 percent of what you pay for something “made in China” goes to U.S. workers and companies, on average, according to a new analysis released by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.”

How Much Do We Spend on Imports?

https://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2019/january/how-much-do-we-spend-on-imports/el2019-01.pdf

Related:

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/01/14/business/trade-wars-wounded-u-s-firms-struggle-dodge-cost-hikes-even-shifting-china/