46The United States
This book has provided snapshots of the competition between China and the US and the impacts their two respective EHM strategies have in every region of the world. However, the discussion would not be complete without highlighting a few of China’s very significant direct impacts on the US itself.
A study published in 2021 by the Brookings Institution found that China, as America’s largest trading partner, supports an estimated 1.2 million US jobs, in addition to the many more jobs that depend on Chinese products and/or financing. America’s purchases from China exceed those from all the EU nations combined, as well as the total of ASEAN countries. The Brookings study also found that most US companies doing business in China ...
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