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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by criley2 on Monday March 07, 2022 @11:37AM (#30589913)
For the record, the combined E.U. GDP in 2021 was $17.1 trillion USD, while the U.S. GDP in 2021 was $20.94 trillion USD.

Even so, U.S. military spending is $768 billion or ~3.7% of GDP, while E.U. spending was around $220 billion in 2020, or about ~1.5%.

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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by michaelt on Monday March 07, 2022 @12:23PM (#30590585)
You're right, I was thinking of pre-Brexit EU GDP figures.
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