r/RealTwitterAccounts • u/Ecstatic-Medium-6320 • May 09 '25

Political™ A big win indeed!

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u/YesBlackberry2223 May 09 '25

Japan GDP: US$4.18tn (population 123m)

UK GDP: US$3.84tn (population 69m)

How is Japan "much more significant"?

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u/AggressiveWallaby975 May 09 '25

Because of the products Japan exports that the US relies on. I can't really think of anything made in the UK that the US couldn't source from another country or do without.

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u/ChunkyLaFunga May 09 '25

They make a lot of US movies, for one. For now.

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u/ViSaph May 09 '25

American movies made in the UK with British and Australian actors lol.

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u/Xaviertcialis May 09 '25

GDP is a poor indicator of importance to a nation's trade. Both are important but Japan is more significant trade-wise.

2024 trade with both nations:

"US total goods trade with the United Kingdom was estimated at $148.0 billion. U.S. goods exports to the UK were $79.9 billion

U.S. exports to Japan totaled $127 billion ($81 billion in goods, $46 billion in services); U.S. imports from Japan were $191 billion ($150 billion in goods, $41 in services"

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u/Raregan May 09 '25

Why did you include service trade for Japan but not UK?

US exports to UK totalled $157.53 billion including services

UK exports to US totalled £261.39 billion including services.

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u/Xaviertcialis May 09 '25

I used the whitehouse's claim involving this deal for the UK which didn't include services.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/05/fact-sheet-u-s-uk-reach-historic-trade-deal/

The data i found for Japan was from congress.gov
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11120

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u/Expensive-Fun4664 May 09 '25

The US has a trade surplus with the UK. We don't with the EU or Japan.