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Previously on "Final score - USA 1 Germany 0"

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  • BlasterBates
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    Financial services shifting to the US and being exported to the UK:

    The trade department said financial services imports from the United States had grown by 15% since 2018, with transatlantic trade in services worth more than 55 billion pounds annually to both countries.

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  • scooterscot
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    So the UK is exchanging quality for quantity...

    "Things can only get... oh dear god"

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  • Eirikur
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    From the said article:
    This article says Uk exports to the US in 2018 were only $64 billion, quite a gap with the numbers in your article
    United Kingdom’s Top Trading Partners
    and the total exports to the EU are much higher

    Below is a list showcasing 15 of United Kingdom’s top trading partners in terms of export sales. That is, these are countries that imported the most UK shipments by dollar value during 2018. Also shown is each import country’s percentage of total UK exports.

    United States: US$64.4 billion (13.3% of total UK exports)
    Germany: $47 billion (9.7%)
    Netherlands: $33.3 billion (6.9%)
    France: $31.8 billion (6.6%)
    Ireland: $28.3 billion (5.9%)
    China: $27.5 billion (5.7%)
    Switzerland: $25.4 billion (5.2%)
    Belgium: $19.1 billion (4%)
    Italy: $14.1 billion (2.9%)
    Spain: $13.9 billion (2.9%)
    Hong Kong: $10.3 billion (2.1%)
    United Arab Emirates: $10 billion (2.1%)
    Turkey: $9.5 billion (2%)
    Japan: $8.3 billion (1.7%)
    South Korea: $7.8 billion (1.6%)

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  • DimPrawn
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    Originally posted by Eirikur View Post
    So what?
    Exports is what you should be looking at
    From the said article:

    While Germany has long been Britain’s biggest source of imports, the United States was already Britain’s largest export market, with exports reaching a record high of 121.6 billion pounds in the last financial year.

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  • Eirikur
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    So what?
    Exports is what you should be looking at

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  • DimPrawn
    started a topic Final score - USA 1 Germany 0

    Final score - USA 1 Germany 0

    U.S. overtakes Germany as UK's biggest source of imports: UK trade department - Reuters

    And didn't even go to penalties...
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