26.04.2005, 22:05
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Zitat:While the United States is the clear superpower today, the European Union surpasses the USA in population, GDP, and industrial output. So if the EU continues to merge politically and militarily, it will become a superpower. China's high growth rate will allow it to match the United States economically by 2020, perhaps sooner if the USA suffers a major economic setback by failing to address its massive current account deficit (budget and trade imbalances.) Although Japan will lose population in the years ahead, it is likely to remain the world's most technologically advanced nation. [...]