“The U.S. "trade deficit with China has gone from about $80 billion a year in the 1990s to $400 billion a year.”
Ro Khanna
U.S. representative, D-Calif.. Interview. Claim dated 12 Dec 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True
What PolitiFact found
The United States imports much more in goods and services from China than it exports. Its annual trade deficit with China has risen from $67 billion in 1999 to being on track for about $400 billion in 2022.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ro Khanna (U.S. representative, D-Calif.) made this claim around 12 December 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 December 2022, 7 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Where the claim appeared
- hughhewitt.comhttps://hughhewitt.com/video/democrat-ro-khanna-on-twitter-china-and-the-2024-ca-senate-r…
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