Comment by ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml on The dependence of China on US inputs is significantly lower compared to the reliance of the US on Chinese inputs. In case of an enforced separation the effects on the US economy would be profound.

well here are some more concrete numbers then https://edconway.substack.com/p/globalisation-is-a-far-far-bigger

The chart above is the key one. First look at the two bars on the left hand side. This is what conventional trade statistics tell you about the dominance of China as a supplier to American manufacturers: up from being the main provider of inputs to about 5% of sectors in 1995 to just over 60% in 2018. That’s pretty striking. But now look at the two bars on the right. These are the authors’ measure which includes all those intermediate inputs (a far more complex picture) and it turns out China is the main source of these goods for about 95% of all American industrial sectors.

The dependence of China on US inputs is significantly lower compared to the reliance of the US on Chinese inputs. In case of an enforced separation the effects on the US economy would be profound.(lemmygrad.ml)

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