I'm no economist, but access to markets seems to be the thing that the US was important for. Nowadays not as much so though still true. The trick is to still ha

I'm no economist, but access to markets seems to be the thing that the US was important for. Nowadays not as much so though still true. The trick is to still have access to markets other than NA, such as EU, India, Africa. Can't afford to lose all the US/western-aligned markets.