Well... China imports from Vietnam, 2003: $1.63 billion [0] China imports from Vietnam, 2016: $35.6 billion [1] Seems in the same ballpark area to me as the U

Well... China imports from Vietnam, 2003: $1.63 billion [0] China imports from Vietnam, 2016: $35.6 billion [1] Seems in the same ballpark area to me as the US numbers. Your theory that "Vietnam's present economic boom, is almost exclusively due to the huge boom in US imports" doesn't check out with these numbers. [0] http://atlas.cid.harvard.edu/explore/?country=239&partner=undefined&product=undefined&productClass=HS&startYear=undefined&target=Partner&year=2003 http://atlas.cid.harvard.edu/explore/?country=239&partner=un... [1] http://atlas.cid.harvard.edu/explore/?country=239&partner=undefined&product=undefined&productClass=HS&startYear=undefined&target=Partner&year=2016 http://atlas.cid.harvard.edu/explore/?country=239&partner=un...