If the answer is "low value goods" or "we export labour" or worse of all "we go into debt", it is time to reexamine policy.
Such imbalances tend to end badly.
Advanced nations export the same *kind of goods* they import with other advanced nations - Japan and Germany.
Balance is the short term notion "we won't go into debt".
Symmetry is the longer term notion of "similarity of capabilities".
Both are important for harmony among nations.
This hurts *both* rich and poor nations.
High value goods producers have more market power so prices don't swing as dramatically.
Rising homelessness in the San Francisco bay area combined with extraordinary wealth illustrates this dramatically.
Trade that indebts the other party can never be called free trade, I call it "bonded trade".
Reforms are vitally needed.
This brings balance back at a very local level, which is vital.
The "high end" vs "menial" jobs distinction also tends to go away.
Thats what restores balance to the system and it starts at the local level.
This is the foundation of spiritual economics.