37% → 10%
America's share of world chip manufacturing, 1990 to today
SOURCE: Semiconductor Industry Association
20,000%
China's shipbuilding capacity vs. ours
SOURCE: U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence
5,000,000
American manufacturing jobs gone since 2000
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
70,000+
U.S. factories closed, 2000–2014
SOURCE: U.S. Census / ITIF
30% → 4%
America's share of world circuit board production since the late 1990s
SOURCE: Printed Circuit Board Association of America
2,000 → 145
U.S. circuit board makers and suppliers left standing
SOURCE: Printed Circuit Board Association of America
91%
China's share of the world's rare earth refining
SOURCE: International Energy Agency
94%
China's share of the permanent magnets that go in motors, cars, and weapons
SOURCE: International Energy Agency
1
Active rare earth mine in the entire United States
SOURCE: U.S. Geological Survey
19 of 20
Critical minerals where China is the world's top refiner
SOURCE: International Energy Agency
72%
Factories making the ingredients in America's medicine are overseas
SOURCE: U.S. Food & Drug Administration
8%
America's share of the world's drug-ingredient manufacturing capacity
SOURCE: U.S. Pharmacopeia
80%+
China's share of every stage of solar panel manufacturing
SOURCE: International Energy Agency
25th of 29
Where America ranks in machine tool production as a share of GDP
SOURCE: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
6.5×
How much more machine tool value China produces than we do
SOURCE: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
$1,240,000,000,000
America's goods trade deficit — 2025 alone
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
1,000 vs. 8
Commercial ships built in 2024 — China vs. the United States
SOURCE: CSIS / U.S. Navy
80%
U.S. port cranes built by a single Chinese state-owned company
SOURCE: U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security
90%+
The world's most advanced chips — all made in Taiwan
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce
85%
China's share of the world's battery cell production capacity
SOURCE: U.S. Energy Information Administration
0
Tons of natural graphite mined in the U.S. in 2024 — China processes over 90% of the world's
SOURCE: U.S. Geological Survey / U.S. Energy Information Administration
28% → 10%
Manufacturing's share of the American economy, 1953 to today
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
80%
America's large power transformers are imported — and the wait is up to five years
SOURCE: Wood Mackenzie
Over half
Of all the steel on Earth is made in China
SOURCE: World Steel Association
295,000 vs. 34,200
Industrial robots installed in 2024 — China vs. the United States
SOURCE: International Federation of Robotics
0
Tons of titanium sponge — the metal in every jet — made in America. The last plant closed in 2024.
SOURCE: U.S. Geological Survey
33
Critical minerals where America depends on imports. For 14 of them, China is a major source.
SOURCE: U.S. Geological Survey
370+ vs. <300
Warships — China's navy vs. ours. We haven't fielded 300 since 2003.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Defense / Congressional Research Service
1,900,000
American manufacturing jobs that could go unfilled by 2033 — the workers were never trained
SOURCE: Deloitte / The Manufacturing Institute