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The following visualization presents a compilation of available trade estimates, showing the evolution of world exports and imports as a share of global economic output. This metric (the ratio of total trade, exports plus imports, to global GDP) is known as the “openness index”. The higher the index, the higher the influence of trade ...
- Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Diana Beltekian, Max Roser
- 2018
Feb 5, 2016 · 2. Multilayer global manufacturing and supply platforms. Digitization helps the fast economy. In the past, brands tended to centralize manufacturing for better manageability and quality control. The power of information technology, the internet of things, big data and the cloud provides a new level of collaboration and empowerment throughout ...
- Wolfgang Lehmacher
huge role in world trade played by exchanges of similar products between similar countries, exemplified by the massive two-way trade in automotive products between the United States and Canada. In 1980, this similar-similar trade was still a relatively new phenomenon. Trade in the first great age of globalization – the age made possible by steam
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Mar 6, 2024 · The U.S. Census Bureau reports U.S. trade in goods by selected countries and areas in dollar terms. According to data released Feb. 7 (PDF), the following countries were the top destinations for U.S. exports of goods in 2023: Canada: 17.5% of total exports. Mexico: 16.0% of total exports. China: 7.3% of total exports.
Despite recent weaknesses, since 1950 the share of GDP made up by trade and the volume of world trade have increased significantly. In 2015, global merchandise trade in value terms was 16.4 trillion –in volume terms, this is more than 3 times larger than in 1990; foreign direct investment, increasingly intertwined with trade, has grown almost seven-fold during this period.
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