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By The Numbers
Each week, we'll share with you some of the most compelling numbers in our studies.
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** 13%
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Arctic snow and sea ice cover has decreased by approximately 13% every decade since the 1970s.
SOURCE: "UN Report Paints a Bleak Outlook for the World’s Oceans and Coastal Areas," by CSIS's Whitley Saumweber and Sarah Ladislaw.
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** $660 Billion
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Over three-quarters of the $660 billion in two-way goods traded between the United States and China is now subject to tariffs.
SOURCE: "Beyond the Brink: Escalation and Conflict in U.S.-China Economic Relations," by CSIS's Matthew Goodman, Bill Reinsch, and Scott Kennedy.
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** 4.9%
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The proposed FY 2020 defense budget rises 4.9% above the FY 2019 level and continues a five-year streak of increases.
SOURCE: "U.S. Military Forces in FY 2020: The Struggle to Align Forces with Strategy," by CSIS's Mark Cancian.
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** $7 Billion
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The U.S. and Japan have announced a bilateral trade agreement which would gradually lower Japanese tariffs and quotas on approximately $7 billion of U.S. agricultural products.
SOURCE: "The U.S.-Japan Trade Deal," by CSIS's Matthew Goodman, Dylan Gerstel, Nicholas Szechenyi, and Mike Green.
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