Government Information for United States and China's Relation: Other Resources

Both in print and in electronic format through HathiTrust. Electronic runs through 1869-1960

Historical Data 1900-1960 on international merchandise trade statistics

The World Trade Organization (WTO) deals with the global rules of trade. This portal gives access to a selection of key databases offering statistics and information on different trade-related measures under its purview.

Annual international trade statistics, provided by over 200 countries, detailed by commodity and partner country to the United Nations, are stored in UN COMTRADE, a computerized data base system, all values are converted in US dollars and metric units, the coverage dates as far back as 1962.

Tracks total national trade and bilateral trade flows between states.1870-2014

Time series data from 1940-present detailing the value of merchandise exports and imports between each country and all its trading partners. Includes total bilateral and multilateral exports and imports aggregated at national or regional group levels. Also available from the UK Data Service.

Statistics available on this site include trade highlights, product trade data, country data, state export data, and an historical series (1960-present).