How large is the US trade deficit? How can the United States have the largest trade deficit in the world and still be the world’s most prosperous country? 2019 U.S. trade balance of goods and services.
Sources U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services https://www.bea.gov/data/intl-trade-investment/international-trade-goods-and-services
The History of the U.S. Balance of Trade https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-the-us-balance-of-trade-1147456
US Total exports (% of GDP, 2018) https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS?locations=US
US Total imports (% of GDP, 2018) https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS?locations=US
The United States is the largest single recipient of foreign direct investment in the world. https://www.selectusa.gov/FDI-in-the-US
