US GDP surpasses European Union in 2015 according to the IMF.

[anon45]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)

List by the International Monetary Fund (2015)[6]
Rank Country/Region GDP (Millions of US$)
World[9] 73,170,986
1

United States 17,947,000

European Union[n 1][9] 16,220,370
2

China 10,982,829
3

Japan 4,123,258
4

Germany 3,357,614
5

United Kingdom 2,849,345
6

France 2,421,560


Yes siree the US is going to come crashing down anyday now!

Cheers to the Euros, but taste some competition!

Well all fun aside lets see what the other reports say as they come out.

 

[C130]

United States of Europe can't compete against us

 

[Yeezy]

Long live the freest and greatest country on Earth

 

[A$HU]

China may rise to whatever level. But I can tell you one thing USA will never fall.

 

[AUz]

lol..why is this a news?

I mean--its between China and United States. Europe isn't even in the race.

They are old, grey, and living a good life.

China vs US is the next 50 years of world.

 

[New World]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)

List by the International Monetary Fund (2015)[6]
Rank Country/Region GDP (Millions of US$)
World[9] 73,170,986
1

United States 17,947,000

European Union[n 1][9] 16,220,370
2

China 10,982,829
3

Japan 4,123,258
4

Germany 3,357,614
5

United Kingdom 2,849,345
6

France 2,421,560


Yes siree the US is going to come crashing down anyday now!

Cheers to the Euros, but taste some competition!

Well all fun aside lets see what the other reports say as they come out.

when there is European Union is listed above than why the UK, France and Germany separately??
@Taygibay @Blue Marlin @mike2000 is back @RiazHaq @Quwa @farhan_9909

 

[Stephen Cohen]

Poor Europe

 

[Taygibay]

when there is European Union is listed above than why the UK, France and Germany separately??

Because despite the common currency, these France & Germany have
individual balance sheets that dwarf most others in the EU and abroad.
Their respective weights need to be expressed for analysis purposes.

The U.K. is further apart due to the reliance on the Pound / £.

Its like a team standing for the EU since it is one but even on a good
football team, there are stars whose statistics stand on their own.

To understand changes outside economy, the nations that act autonomously
have to be listed by themselves. Besides, the others are probably in the list
too, just a bit lower, I didn't check but it's most likely.

Have a great day mate, Tay.

 

[LittleFish]

What if UK&France hadn't involved into the mess in Libya and Syria? At least ISIS wouldn't come into birth. Now considering ISIS's threat and other internal problems Europe is likely to split as they used to be......

 

[Taygibay]

What if UK&France hadn't involved into the mess in Libya and Syria? At least ISIS wouldn't come into birth. Now considering ISIS's threat and other internal problems Europe is likely to split as they used to be......

Wait, are we still talking economic metrics here? Because if we're not
as ISIS isn't listed on the stock exchange & your considerations on its
birth being wrong ( it having spawned in Irak out of the 2003+ mess
from an Al-Qaida chrysalis ) then we're left with European politics/cies.

Europe cannot really split ( although it could explode ). If it had had to,
the Grexit thing and 'em loner lads cry-babying would have done it. Now,
I don't know what you've been told but here's how it goes from the inside :

Europe is founded on the Franco-German couple. That explains most of its strength and most of its quirks.
It is then trying to include a big exception, the U.K. and many small ones, expl. rest of both of the above.
Thus the Brexit thing ( UK referendum to leave the Union ) is bigger than say Hungary, the most fragile of
the last round of members, getting out due to ISIS pressure ( as in refugees for example ).

One of the frailties of Europe is in its unified defence that shines by absentia. But that is more of a strategy
for politicians and "geo-politicians" to further because there are multiple solutions in the meanwhile. NATO
links most partners as Ireland, Sweden, Austria, Finland and recently Malta are associated through its PfP.
Cyprus remains apart but that won't break Europe, whatever happens.
At the same time, there is a clear defence pack between France and Germany. There is a clear offensive
pact between France and the UK. There are regular exercises being held between the remaining members.
So unity, maybe not but strength? Hell yeah!​

The only thing that could help the validity of your claim would be a political
crisis due to social stress from either the refugee flow or the terrorist attacks.

And on that level, I fear the politicians as Europe's nemesis more than the will of the Peoples.
So it could happen that way due to ISIS but then again, it could happen that way too due to ...
increased ice cream taxation somewhere or Brussels & Strasbourg lowering further their efficiency.

The latter looks the most promising IMHoO.

Have a great day, Tay.

 

[LittleFish]

Wait, are we still talking economic metrics here? Because if we're not
as ISIS isn't listed on the stock exchange & your considerations on its
birth being wrong ( it having spawned in Irak out of the 2003+ mess
from an Al-Qaida chrysalis ) then we're left with European politics/cies.

Europe cannot really split ( although it could explode ). If it had had to,
the Grexit thing and 'em loner lads cry-babying would have done it. Now,
I don't know what you've been told but here's how it goes from the inside :

Europe is founded on the Franco-German couple. That explains most of its strength and most of its quirks.
It is then trying to include a big exception, the U.K. and many small ones, expl. rest of both of the above.
Thus the Brexit thing ( UK referendum to leave the Union ) is bigger than say Hungary, the most fragile of
the last round of members, getting out due to ISIS pressure ( as in refugees for example ).

One of the frailties of Europe is in its unified defence that shines by absentia. But that is more of a strategy
for politicians and "geo-politicians" to further because there are multiple solutions in the meanwhile. NATO
links most partners as Ireland, Sweden, Austria, Finland and recently Malta are associated through its PfP.
Cyprus remains apart but that won't break Europe, whatever happens.
At the same time, there is a clear defence pack between France and Germany. There is a clear offensive
pact between France and the UK. There are regular exercises being held between the remaining members.
So unity, maybe not but strength? Hell yeah!​

The only thing that could help the validity of your claim would be a political
crisis due to social stress from either the refugee flow or the terrorist attacks.

And on that level, I fear the politicians as Europe's nemesis more than the will of the Peoples.
So it could happen that way due to ISIS but then again, it could happen that way too due to ...
increased ice cream taxation somewhere or Brussels & Strasbourg lowering further their efficiency.

The latter looks the most promising IMHoO

Have a great day, Tay.

I see, thanks for your thorough reply.
My original view was that given the increasing risk of terror attack in Europe and the mess and burden caused by increasing number of refugees, the economy of Europe would be hit and thus other internal issues, i.e. religious conflict and racialism, might be invoked then leads to social crisis, and even the collapse of union (though it may sound improper) like what happened on the USSR. Maybe I just imagined too far and I hope everything will be fine in Europe anyway.

 

[Taygibay]

then leads to social crisis, and even the collapse of union (though it may sound improper) like what happened on the USSR

Already agreed to the green part :

The only thing that could help the validity of your claim would be a political
crisis due to social stress from either the refugee flow or the terrorist attacks.

We are saying the same thing there but ... not on the second phrase in red because the
systems are very different. URSS was monolithic and centralized to the hilt. The Brussels
parliament members probably want that but as I pointed out, the particularities of the big
countries pulling along different axes forbid it.

All the best, Tay.