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Apr 08, 2019
Q: The U.S. and China are making progress toward a trade deal, each side says. President Trump met last week with China's vice premier, head of a visiting delegation, and said it may take at least another month to reach what he calls an "epic" agreement that ends a tariffs dispute. Where is China?
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Q: Our country bought more than $539 billion worth of Chinese products last year. What is the largest category of goods coming here from China?
A. Plastics
B. Machines
C. Furniture
D. Toys and sports gear
B. America imports more Chinese machinery ($257 billion worth in 2017) than any other single category. No. 2 is furniture.
Q: Now for the flip side: What is the largest category of items among $120 billion worth of goods that we sell to China annually?
A. Farm products
B. Machinery
C. Vehicles
D. Aircraft
D. China bought $16 billion worth of U.S. planes and helicopters in 2017, the largest segment of U.S. imports.
Q: China is the world's largest country. How many people live there?
A. 1.4 billion
B. 500 million
C. 2 billion
D. 970 million
A. China's population is estimated to exceed 1.4 billion this year. India is second at about 1.3 billion.
Q: Switching to cities, which is China's largest in terms of population?
A. Beijing
B. Shanghai
C. Guangzhou
D. Chongqing
C. Although Beijing is the capital and very crowded, it ranks fourth nationally and has about 22 million fewer people than Guangzhou's 44.3 million.