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That goes both ways. The US economy is dependent on having markets for consumer goods. Losing the EU as an easy market nukes the US economy as well.
by monocasa 4y ago
That goes both ways. The US economy is dependent on having markets for consumer goods. Losing the EU as an easy market nukes the US economy as well.
- sofixa 4y agoYeah, one would think post-Brexit and post-pandemic and post-Russian invasion of Ukraine people would in general be more aware of interdependence in trade, finance, manufacturing, etc. but apparently not. (Yes, they did say that before WWI, and today it's a million times more intertwined)
- xiphias2 4y agoIt still matters game theoretically who loses more on not having a trade, and US having the reserve currency means that it has clearly more power over EU than the other way around.
- pkaye 4y agoSurprisingly the trade to GDP ratio is quite low for the US. And a good chunk of that trade is with Canada and Mexico. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS?most_recent_value_desc=false https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS?most_rec...