[factoryrat]

China alone has more trade with Europe than they do with the US.

The US is a large market, but it isn't THE market.

The US could go away tomorrow, and the Asian juggernaut wouldn't miss a beat.

And they have US corporations and investors to thank for putting them on top.

[Jumper]

The EU and associated countries have about 1/3 more population than the US. However, the US has more discretionary income.

The US and the Anglo Saxon nations also produce the world's food supply. If the US withheld the rice we trade, or wheat, or the soybeans, or the corn, or the meat... the world's governments would collapse.