Trump Era 2025-2029 : Stock and Economic Comment

over9k said:

Because the u.s actually imports very little (relatively speaking).

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mullokintyre said:

Compared to what pray tell?
According to World Exports
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According to Impedia its the no 1 importer in the world.
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Mick

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over9k said:

As a percentage of GDP, compared to every other country on earth bar four:

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_trade-to-GDP_ratio

As a percentage of GDP (so, in a relative sense, just like I said) the united states is the 5th lowest importer in the world.

Aggregate/numerical total figures like you posted are almost meaningless in this context

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