Ranked: America’s Top Trading Partners in 2025
January 25, 2026
By Dorothy Neufeld
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Key Takeaways- The European Union accounted for 18.8% of all U.S. trade in the first 10 months of 2025, valued at $883.3 billion .
- China ranks as America’s fourth-largest trading partner, with U.S. imports declining 26.7%, given rising tensions.
U.S. bilateral trade reached $4.7 trillion between January and October 2025, in a volatile year for trade policy.
As the U.S.’s largest trading partner, the EU plays a central role in trade flows. While tariffs linked to Greenland were briefly threatened on eight EU countries before being withdrawn, trade dynamics vary across the bloc. The U.S. runs surpluses with countries such as the Netherlands and Belgium, while having deficits with Ireland and Germany.
This graphic shows America’s biggest trading partners in 2025 through October, based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
A Closer Look at the Largest U.S. Trading Partners
Below, we show America’s top trading partners in a year of head-spinning trade policy:
RankCountry/RegionTotal Trade Jan-Oct 2025Share of Total Trade--Total Trade (Jan-Oct '25)$4.69 trillion100.0%|
| 1 | ???? EU | $883.3B | 18.8% | | 2 | ???? Mexico | $731.2B | 15.6% | | 3 | ???? Canada | $606.7B | 12.9% | | 4 | ???? China | $357.2B | 7.6% | | 5 | ???? Taiwan | $201.1B | 4.3% | | 6 | ???? Japan | $190.7B | 4.1% | | 7 | ???? Vietnam | $170.5B | 3.6% | | 8 | ???? South Korea | $162.1B | 3.5% | | 9 | ???? Switzerland | $154.3B | 3.3% | | 10 | ???? United Kingdom | $133.5B | 2.8% | | 11 | ???? India | $126.4B | 2.7% | | -- | ?? Other countries | $977.2B | 20.8% | |
Trade with the EU stood at $883.3 billion, with Germany ($196.4 billion), Ireland ($140.8 billion), and the Netherlands ($108.7 billion) driving the most trade activity overall.
In August 2025, the U.S. and EU agreed to a framework that set a 15% tariff ceiling on most goods, while existing 50% U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum were left in place for all global trading partners.
Mexico follows, with $731.2 billion in cross-border trade in 2025. After the U.S. announced tariffs on Mexican imports in February 2025, subsequent negotiations led to delays and partial exemptions.
Ranking in third is Canada, with $606.7 billion in trade value.
Meanwhile, U.S-China trade totaled $357.2 billion, with the U.S. trade deficit with the country sitting at $175.4 billion as of the end of October. Over the period, U.S imports from China sank 26.7%, the largest across U.S. trading partners.
In stark contrast, U.S. imports surged 40.4% from Vietnam and 37.4% from Thailand amid shifting trade alignments. When it comes to India, America’s 11th-biggest trading partner, trade increased moderately to $126.4 billion compared to the previous time period. |
