Now shopping mall giant (Dalian) Wanda, owned by Chinaâs richest man Wang Jianlin, and Vanke, the worldâs biggest residential real estate developer, founded by the mountaineering-loving Wang Shi, have âstunned the capital markets,â in the words of Chinese news site The Paper, by announcing a âstrategic partnership.â.
The second macroeconomic consideration of increased imports is the impact on exchange rates. As we have shown in the previous section, as U.S. consumers increase their consumption of imports, the supply of dollars in foreign exchange markets rises.
â¢ Total trade (exports and imports) accounted for 30% of U.S. GDP in 2013. â¢ U.S. exports totaled a record $2.3 trillion in 2013, up 2.9% from 2012 and 44.0% from. 2009 when the global crisis caused a worldwide drop in exports. â¢ In 2013, exports were up $63.7 billion from 2012, with goods exports increasing by.