It is often asserted that the United States no longer manufactures anything, and that instead it imports manufactured goods from countries like China. Critically evaluate this claim

If the claim were true then the share of GDP that the U.S. imports would have to be extremely high given the share of goods versus services in the U.S. economy. If we look at the data, only about 13 percent of U.S. GDP is imported and imports from China account for about one fifth of this. That means that over 80 percent of what Americans consume is made in the United States. Therefore this claim is false.