alt Hacker NewsWho wants to be a trade partner with the US these days? I honestly ask people who aren't fully indoctrinated or already have ties established?
Its a dependency that I have to think almost all countries/businesses are evaluating. How do you do business and set up long term supply chains in a country can't trust that the economic policy of today exists in 3 months, they are actively trying to undermine their currency and the system of law is under heavy pressure to the point of failure.
It is tough to be supportive of the United States under this administration or that the future state of the US will be more sound. Having their formally closest trade partner looking over to China for trade is a massive signal.
The trade off is the market is large and strong financial (availability of capital) foundation - but I fear thats changing.
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It's a bit more than a quarter (25.6%) of the whole world's GDP, so pretty much everyone.
Same reason everyone wanted to get into the China market. The size of the market and potential to make money.
Anybody who knows what a huge market US is, filled with tons of millions of people that spend big, even when financially unsound.