Who really leads the world in trade?

[W.G.Ewald]

Most countries whose economies depend on exporting a wide variety of products, dominated by high-quality manufacturing, are in the European Union....the highest rates belong to the three European super-exporters: the Czech Republic (79 percent), Belgium (86 percent), and the Netherlands (88 percent). In Asia, the closest two competitors are South Korea (54 percent) and Taiwan (73 percent).

trade deficit exports to GDP ratio per capita GDP United States China

 

[HMS Astute]

UK economy is now $2.902 trillion and it has already surpassed France and become 5th biggest economy in the world just like before things kicked off back in 2008.