b'2. Falsehood: A country outside the European Union (EU) must have a free trade agreement (FTA) with the EU in order to trade with and in particular to export into it.Table 29 Top exporters from the rest of the world to the EURankCountryValue of exports to the EU1China* 374.5 billion2USA* 255.4 billion3Russia* 145.1 billion4Switzerland 110.3 billion5Norway 77.4 billion6Turkey 69.7 billion7Japan** 68.5 billion8South Korea 49.9 billion9India* 44.1 billion10Vietnam* 36.9 billion*Countries with which the EU did not have an FTA in 2017 **An EU-Japan Trade Agreement came into force February 2019Source: European Commission Top Trading PartnersTable 29 lists 10 countries, none of which are members of the EU but nevertheless have very sizeable exports to the EU. All 10 countries listed are ranked in their exports to the EU: their rank number is given in the first column. Clearly, a country does not have to have a FTA with the EU in order to trade with it. In exports alone, China exported goods and services worth over 374 billion into the EU in 2017.159'