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Afaik the US barely exports to europe (especially your example sounded odd to me, i never saw american food on the shelf except cookies). I dont think it will a
by herbst 10y ago
Afaik the US barely exports to europe (especially your example sounded odd to me, i never saw american food on the shelf except cookies). I dont think it will affect the US a lot.
- slowernet 10y agoWhile the US is in fact known as the manufacturers of several delicious varieties of cookie, you might be surprised to learn that consumer packaged goods as a whole are not among the top 10 categories of goods exported from the US to the UK. So I'm not sure supermarket shelves are a great data point. (Total US->UK ~$55bn, about 4% of total US exports, top categories: aircraft, oil, cars, machinery, electronics.)
- rdtsc 10y agoIt was just an example. Could be IT services, or other things. The point is, US can take advantage of pitting UK against EU. I read it used to do it, in European politics to separate European countries, before the creation of EU.
- balls187 10y agoThis is incorrect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_trading_partners_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_trading_pa... The EU is the largest trade partner of the US. And when ordered by US Exports, the EU is the 2nd largest trade partner after Canada. I suspect the problem you saw was related to American Brands (for food) vs the actual company behind the food. Many foods are bottled/packaged in local plants, and/or resold under local brands.