" Trading Places: A Global Shift Today's animation comes from the Lowy Institute , and it pulls data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) database on bilateral trade flows, to determine whether the U.S. or China is a bigger trading partner for each country from 1980 to 2018. The results are stark: before 2000, the U.S. was at the helm of global trade, as over 80% of countries traded with the U.S. more than they did with China. By 2018, that number had dropped sharply to just 30% , as China swiftly took top position in 128 of 190 countries." https://www.visualcapitalist.com/china-u-s-worlds-trading-partner/