RUDN Journal of EconomicsRUDN Journal of Economics2313-23292408-8986Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)1822510.22363/2313-2329-2017-25-4-498-509Research ArticleUSA’ role and place in international tradeUshanovStepan Andreevich<p>post-graduate student of International economic relations department</p>ushanovSA@gmail.comPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia1512201725449850903042018Copyright © 2017, Ushanov S.A.2017<p>Article is dedicated to the role and place of USA in international trade. The author pays great attention to the transformation of the international trade leaders since 2004, when China got the entrance to the TOP-3 of merchandise trade leaders. At the same time the author described the structure of USA foreign trade by commodities and services. He underlined the key feature of USA trade partners - EU countries, Canada, Japan (developed economies) and China, Mexico (developing economies). The author pays great attention to the questions of setting and developing of mega integrations, such as TTP and TTIP.</p>foreign tradeexportimportgoodsconjuncturedestinations of tradeUSAservicesbalanceinternational tradeвнешняя торговляэкспортимпорттоварыконъюнктураСШАгеография торговлиуслугисальдомеждународная торговля[Bergsten K.F. (1996) Globalizacija svobodnoj torgovli: pod#em regionalizma. Foreign Affairs. URL: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/authors/c-fred-bergsten — Oficial’nyj sajt zhurnala Foreign Affairs (accessed: 15.10.2017).][Davydov A.Ju. Jekonomika SShA: jevoljucija modeli v uslovijah globaliza-cii. (2014) Aksenov P.A., Kondrat’eva Z.O., Babich S.N., Davydov A.Ju., Zimen-kov R.I., Komkova E.G., Kochetkov G.B., Fedorovich V.A., Sudakova N.A., Porohovskij A.A., Portnoj M.A., Rej A.I., Supjan V.B. Institut SShA i Kanady RAN. Moskva. S. 396—414.][Dolgov S.I. Savinov YU.A. (2009) Fundamentalnoe issledovanie ehkonomiki SSHA. Rossijskij vneshneehkonomicheskij vestnik. No. 5. S. 66—72.][Kissindzher G. (2012) Budushhee amerikano-kitajskih otnoshenij. Konflikt — jeto vybor, a ne neobhodimost’. Foreign Affairs. URL: http://www.henryakissinger.com/articles/fa0412.html — Oficial’nyj sajt G. Kissindzhera (accessed: 01.10.2017).][Lebedeva L.F. (2017) Pozicii SShA v mirovoj torgovle uslugami // Jekonomika i upravlenie v sfere uslug: sovremennoe sostojanie i perspektivy razvitija. XIV Vserossijskaja nauchno-prakticheskaja konferencija. S. 20—22.][Morrison V.M. (2017) Kitaj-SShA. Voprosy vzaimnoj torgovli. Congressional Research Service. URL: https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33536.pdf — Oficial’nyj sajt Federacii amerikanskih uchenyh. (accessed: 25.09.2017).][Rogov S.M. (2015) Sostojanie i perspektivy rossijsko-amerikanskih otnoshenij // Vestnik Rossijskoj akademii nauk. T. 85. No. 5—6. S. 522.][Spartak A.N. (2016) Transatlanticheskoe torgovoe i investicionnoe partnerstvo: vozmozhnye jeffekty dlja Rossii i EAJeS. Rossijskij vneshnejeko-nomicheskij vestnik. No. 6. S. 3—17.][Supjan V.B. (2015) Globalizacija jekonomiki SShA: masshtaby, dostizhenija i problem. Rossijskij vneshnejekonomicheskij vestnik. Vserossijskaja akademija vneshnej torgovli Ministerstva jekonomicheskogo razvitija RF. No. 9. S. 8—27.][Supjan V.B. (2015) SShA i Rossija v mirovoj torgovle v nachale XXI veka: sostoja-nie i perspektivy. Rossija i Amerika v XXI veke. No. 3. S. 12.][Fedjakina L.N. (2010) Integracija Rossii v mirovuju jekonomiku: monografija. Pod red. N.P. Gusakova. 2-e izd., pererab. i dop. M.: RUDN, 419 s.][Jakovlev P.P. (2016) Transatlanticheskoe partnerstvo: kontekst, znachenie, pro-blemnye aspekty. Perspektivy. Jelektronnyj zhurnal. No. 4(8). S. 25—40. URL: http://www.perspektivy.info/ oykumena/amerika/transatlanticheskoje_partnerstvo_kontekst_znachenije_problemnyje_ aspekty_2016-09-27.htm — Perspekti-vy. Jelektronnyj zhurnal (accessed: 01.10.2017).]