🇺🇸 Exports to Canada, Mexico, and China Support Over 4 Million U.S. Jobs

What We’re Showing:

This chart lists the number of American jobs supported by U.S. exports to its top 10 export partners.

Estimates are made for the year 2022 by the The US-China Business Council in a report published 2024.

Key Takeaways

Exports to Canada, Mexico, and China—America’s top three trade partners—supported more than four million U.S. jobs in 2022.

Retaliatory tariffs from these three countries could affect several sectors, from agriculture to manufacturing to oil refineries.

For context, President-elect Donald Trump has threatened a 25% tariff on imports coming in from Canada and Mexico, and a further 10% on China (after those imposed in 2018).