Interactive trade surplus graphic showing the countries that have a surplus of cash flows (i.e. money flowing in to the US) in blue-green at the top and a deficit of cash flows at the bottom in red from 1998-2008. By Tom Gonzalez at Brightpoint found via infosthetics
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I like the concept but the result is less than satisfying. The color coding doesn’t effectively communicate the direction of the flow.