This is what we export (2020) Warning: Real pathetic
Machinery including computers: US$182.6 billion (12.8% of total exports) Electrical machinery, equipment: $162.9 billion (11.4%) Mineral fuels including oil: $155.1 billion (10.8%) Vehicles: $105.2 billion (7.3%) Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $83.4 billion (5.8%) Aircraft, spacecraft: $80.9 billion (5.7%) Plastics, plastic articles: $60.2 billion (4.2%) Gems, precious metals: $60 billion (4.2%) Pharmaceuticals: $53.9 billion (3.8%) Organic chemicals: $34 billion (2.4%)
Half of the top export categories declined year over year: aircraft and spacecraft (down -40.5%), mineral fuels including oil (down -22.4%), vehicles (down -21%), organic chemicals (down -13.6%) and machinery including computers (down -11.3%).
...but we do have our currency (aka worthless paper)
Here is a bigger part of why sanctions mean nothing:
Here’s Why the Russian Sanctions Are a Dud: Big Foreign Banks from the U.S., France, Austria and Italy Are Operating in a “Routine Manner” in Russia
Yeah because those banks trade nothing. International banking only trade currency. That is their function. Now since western currency is all but worthless, sanctions mean absolutely nothing.
Right, but to me the bigger picture is if moral thumping democrats in Biden regime are serious about hurting Russia with sanctions, why did they just cut off Russian banks, and not the globalist banks that are literally tell the Russians, "Hey don't worry about the sanctions, we are going to keep doing business as usual".
Because that would cut them off from fobbing off the U.S dollar before 42% inflation rates hit us. They did the same thing with Mexico. This is why China isn't sending us their products anymore. They don't want to be stuck with our worthless paper.
"China is not sending us their products anymore."
Last I seen the Walmart down the street was still open for business.