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The American consumer market is larger than the EU and China's combined (en.wikipedia.org)
jsiepkes 1 hours ago [-]
That's a pretty bold claim. Seemingly by adding some numbers without explanation. Since you didn't bother to explain why you think you can draw that conclusion from those numbers, I won't bother to do the opposite.

Sufficient to say: You can't draw that conclusion from those metrics.

jjmarr 1 hours ago [-]
If you add together the sizes of the EU + Chinese markets in nominal dollars it's less than the American one.

I used nominal dollars over PPP because that is what determines where multinationals choose to sell products. If one sells something for $5 in China and $10 in the USA, the PPP adjustment doesn't result in one receiving $17.

I'm not sure what other mechanisms I'd use to measure the size of the consumer market. Physical volume or mass?

tromp 1 hours ago [-]
According to that table, it's larger than the EU and China and India combined (with the leftover enough to include Belgium as well).
_Microft 1 hours ago [-]
Nominally. Corrected for purchasing power, it’s only approximately 50% higher than either of them.
2 hours ago [-]
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