US and Japan

US Exports

• Optic and Medical Instruments
• Machinery
• Cereals (corn and wheat)
• Electric Machinery
• Aircraft

US Imports

• Vehicles
• (Electric) Machinery
• Optic and Medical Instruments
• Organic Chemicals

What is Traded?

• Mostly machinery and energy sources
• Although there is trade of produce
• Japan used to be an agricultural economy
• They switched to manufacturing because of limited land

Trade: US and japan

• US and Japan are dominant trade partners
• They trade 30% of the world's goods
• The success of their trade impacts other countries
• They lead the global market