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To: PMS Witch who wrote (42539)4/19/2000 10:44:00 AM
From: Lee  Respond to of 74651
 
Hi PMS Witch,.Re:.This seems at odds with the conventional thinking that USA would hold this honour. Where does Japan's trading score?

You might be sorry you asked! <g>

Anyway, here are some links for trade with respect to U.S.

census.gov

census.gov

census.gov

census.gov

And here is the Bundesbank's report on German trade.

bundesbank.de

Happy hunting,<g>

Lee



To: PMS Witch who wrote (42539)4/19/2000 11:41:00 AM
From: SunSpot  Respond to of 74651
 
OK - my figures were a little old. The economy gets more global and then the size of the national economy matters more and more. Here are some 1998 estimates from the CIA Worldbook for exports:

USA: $663 billion (population 273 million)
Germany: $510 billion (population 82 million)
Japan: $440 billion (population 126 million)

Germany is the locomotive of european economy. Additionally, it links east europe to west Europe, because many people in east europe learned German during WW2. Additionally, German is the most spoken language besides Russian in Europe, and it's the country with the longest border to eastern Europe. What Germany does is therefore very important to the rest of Europe.



To: PMS Witch who wrote (42539)4/19/2000 10:51:00 PM
From: Gottfried  Respond to of 74651
 
PW, German exports: in 1998 about 28% of German GDP was exports, according to the CIA. odci.gov

[Exports/GDP = 510/1,813 in $billion]

Gottfried



To: PMS Witch who wrote (42539)4/19/2000 11:56:00 PM
From: exhon2004  Respond to of 74651
 
PMSW:

re >>This seems at odds with the conventional thinking that USA would hold this honour. Where does Japan's trading score?<<

It is not only at odds with conventional thinking it is at odds with fact. The U.S. is the largest exporter in the world, Germany second, Japan third. Same ranking for imports.

Source: Economist World in figures 1999.

Regards,

Greg


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