The US population is well over double that of Russia.
The Port of LA and Long Beach together process more cargo by volume than all other US ports combined (all the crap from China)

[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

"crap from China" like cancer drugs, iPhones, and CNC machines. In fact, the top commodity in US-China trade is machinery and mechanical appliances.

[–] Ooops@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We are talking about trade here, so compare them by economies instead of population. Puts Russia into perspective every single time...

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Touché, I was just thinking in terms of volume if we're comparing sheet number of containers

[–] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Would they even stack up to California in terms of economic activity?

[–] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I'm aware, just pointing out it's hardly a unique situation.