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I keep thinkin China sells more to the US than the US sells to China

In 2024, the U.S. exported approximately $143.5 billion worth of goods to China, with soybeans, oil, and gas, and electronics being among the top export categories. China, in turn, exported approximately $438.9 billion worth of goods to the U.S., with electronics and other machinery being the main categories. 

In 2024, the US trade deficit with China was $295.4 billion in goods. This means the US imported $295.4 billion more in goods from China than it exported to China. The trade deficit with China is the largest of any U.S. trading partner. 

It does and it will.  We're a huge consumer nation for them.  They view us as nothing more than an ATM machine.  And unless/until we fight back, they're exactly right.

One of the main reasons China's imports are so low, with us and pretty much everyone else, is that they impose extremely heavy trade restrictions on imports into their country.  Not only tariffs, but other highly anti-competitive practices.  In fact their tariffs are the smallest part of trade restrictions with China which is why the Trump administration is carefully phrasing things with regard to "tariffs, currency manipulation, and other trade barriers."  He's explicitly going after ALL anti-competitive behaviors.

Europe has been an... unhelpful... trade partner with the US in many ways as well.  Their barriers to US imports in the auto market and other arenas are notoriously anti-competitive.