Those Stubborn Facts: America’s Far from First Yet in World Trade

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World exports, Nov. 2015-Nov. 2016: +3.77%

U.S. exports, Nov. 2015-Nov. 2016: +1.21%

World imports, Nov. 2015-Nov. 2016: +1.67%

U.S. imports, Nov. 2015-Nov. 2016: +2.84%

*All figures in volume terms

(Source: “CPB World Trade Monitor: November, 2016,” Data, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, January 25, 2017, https://www.cpb.nl/en/figure/cpb-world-trade-monitor-november-2016. HT to Paul Hannon, The Wall Street Journal)