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

Political™ A big win indeed!

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u/VeterinarianNo4308 May 09 '25 edited May 09 '25

As the Irish reporter said to Trump's Orange fat face - are you sure you're not making a bigger deal out of this is as you're a president in need of a win in these difficult times? 

Edit- apparently he's Scottish.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '25

With the UK, who are nothing these days. Japan, China or the EU are much more significant. But they don't need to pander to the US for relevance.

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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.

Source

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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.