Germany Is Now Tuition Free

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<p>Ignoring that whole Mexico thing?</p>

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<p>Our trade relationship isn’t as big with Mexico. The US’s main trading partner is Canada, Germany’s is France. France is MUCH poorer than Canada. </p>

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<p>For 2013:</p>

<p>US-Canada trade: 301B (exports), 332B (imports)
US-Mexico trade: 226B (exports), 280B (imports)</p>

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<p>Sacré bleu! What is it you have against the French! :)</p>

<p>France is only a few spots behind Germany in GDP per Capita (it’s right behind Finland and ahead of Japan) and it has far fewer people (as a %) living below the poverty line than Germany. If you look at purchasing power parity (PPP), France is 9th in the world, right behind the UK (8th) and several spots ahead of Canada (around 13th).</p>

<p>Bonus fun stats!</p>

<p>Germany’s largest trading partners:</p>

<p>Export in Billion US-Dollar

  1. France 138
  2. United States 121
  3. United Kingdom 105
  4. Netherlands 98
  5. China 92</p>

<p>Import in Billion US-Dollar

  1. Netherlands 122
  2. China 102
  3. France 88
  4. United States 66
  5. Italy 66</p>
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<p>You are making things up as you go along. As @PCHope pointed out, the US-Mexico trade and US-Canada trade is similar in value.</p>

<p>France is not “much poorer” than Canada, and it has a much bigger population, so it is a pretty desirable neighbor. </p>

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<p>Canada is a bigger trade partner to the US than Mexico. France is Germany’s biggest trading partner (though albiet, not far ahead of the Netherlands). France’s GDP PPP Percapita is only 81% of Canada’s, only 88% of Germany’s.</p>

<p>If you don’t buy the argument, fine. But I’m not making up facts here.</p>