What does America export?

[TruePaige]

I piss excellence.

Export THAT

 

[Newbian]

90% of internet meme's.

 

[0roo0roo]

secrets

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: TruePaige
I piss excellence.

Export THAT

Bottle some up for me, please.

 

[Colt45]

Heavy equipment.. presses, stamps, welders, miners, big dump trucks, shit like that.. and then parts for them... uh.. machine tools (but the german ones are better, and chinese cheaper. )
airplanes
arms, bigtime.
bunch of BS luxury stuffs..
Then there's tons of stuff that isn't manufactured in the US, but under lic / authority, so I guess you can say that's 'exported'... mcdonalds, marlboros, coke, etc.
bourbon.
softwareseses
USD
steak?

 

[imported_Flimflam]

Originally posted by: Evadman
jobs

Beaten to the punch.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Uh, guns? Seriously.

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: TruePaige
I piss excellence.

Export THAT

Bottle some up for me, please.

Okay but uh...I'll have to export it before you can import it. Regulations.

 

[Phoenix86]

Dead CRT monitors.

 

[Cal166]

Nuclear Devices

 

[Fritzo]

We're also the #1 provider of services and expertise.

 

[DarrelSPowers]

spinach!

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: OverVolt
Pretend we live in a world with runaway inflation, so we can hardly import anything.

What exports would we have to fall back on?

PC chips
Entertainment (Good luck in a global recession exporting much)
Food
Chemicals
Pharmaceuticals
Automotive (Barely)
Coal

Is that all we really contribute to the world economy?

You're missing 100s of products and services.

 

[JTsyo]

From CIA Worldbook:

Exports - commodities:
agricultural products (soybeans, fruit, corn) 9.2%, industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%, capital goods (transistors, aircraft, motor vehicle parts, computers, telecommunications equipment) 49.0%, consumer goods (automobiles, medicines) 15.0% (2003)

Is that all we really contribute to the world economy?

We are the major consumers in the world economy. If we had to cut back on imports, the rest of the world would really feel the crunch.

 

[meltdown75]

asskicking

 

[Scarpozzi]

nukes

 

[kranky]

Don't forget celebrity gossip! That's a real growth industry.

 

[jpeyton]

ill waged wars
grossly over leveraged markets
US dollar

 

[bignateyk]

fun

 

[bobdole369]

There was and is a HUGE world-wide glut of steel. Production over-capacity X10. For the most part, US steel is price non-competitive, and has constantly cried for retaliatory tariffs because other countries have subsidized their steel industry exports to keep them going. That said, a few smart, specialized niche producers of ours do ok.

I thought that there was a HUGE worldwide steel shortage! So much so that buildings and construction were delayed. I though the Chinese were buying up a lot more than they used to and that was creating the shortage. Well I suppose I heard that a few years back, and I bet the market overcorrected.

Salt. The great lakes region has giant stores of salt. 500+ feet down between MI, Ohio, Penn, Indiana, Ilinois. WAY more than the world will ever use for tens of thousands of years.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Rice

 

[DarrelSPowers]

Originally posted by: bobdole369

There was and is a HUGE world-wide glut of steel. Production over-capacity X10. For the most part, US steel is price non-competitive, and has constantly cried for retaliatory tariffs because other countries have subsidized their steel industry exports to keep them going. That said, a few smart, specialized niche producers of ours do ok.

I thought that there was a HUGE worldwide steel shortage! So much so that buildings and construction were delayed. I though the Chinese were buying up a lot more than they used to and that was creating the shortage. Well I suppose I heard that a few years back, and I bet the market overcorrected.

Salt. The great lakes region has giant stores of salt. 500+ feet down between MI, Ohio, Penn, Indiana, Ilinois. WAY more than the world will ever use for tens of thousands of years.

I remember reading in one of my history classes back in high school that back in the day, salt was worth more than its weight in gold...

crazy eh?

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: bobdole369

There was and is a HUGE world-wide glut of steel. Production over-capacity X10. For the most part, US steel is price non-competitive, and has constantly cried for retaliatory tariffs because other countries have subsidized their steel industry exports to keep them going. That said, a few smart, specialized niche producers of ours do ok.

I thought that there was a HUGE worldwide steel shortage! So much so that buildings and construction were delayed. I though the Chinese were buying up a lot more than they used to and that was creating the shortage. Well I suppose I heard that a few years back, and I bet the market overcorrected.

There was for several years due to the huge construction boom, especially with huge amounts of steel going to China. The cost of construction materials in general went through the roof.

I don't know where the glut of ultra cheap steel was over the last 5 years. It certainly didn't find it's way into any of our construction projects.

 

[FeuerFrei]

Originally posted by: OverVolt
Pretend we live in a world with runaway inflation, so we can hardly import anything.

What exports would we have to fall back on?

PC chips
Entertainment (Good luck in a global recession exporting much)
Food
Chemicals
Pharmaceuticals
Automotive (Barely)
Coal

Is that all we really contribute to the world economy?

lol at "is that all" -- that's a helluva lot

Airplanes/helicopters
Ships
Missiles
Cameras
Building supplies/pipes/wind turbines
Earthmoving equipment
All kinds of manufacturing gear and fabrication equipment. Those foreign factories don't equip themselves.
Knowledge


Remember, if we sneeze, other countries get pneumonia.
It's amazing all the countries Americans helped pull out of poverty but they still need us.

 

[BassBomb]

This thread is win