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Gateway to the European Union |
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The European Union in the
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European Union Internet Resources |
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European Parliament |
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The EU's Mediterranean & Middle East Policy |
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Selected
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The Euro |
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search engine. It provides access to basic information and
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Here is an excerpt from a paper posted at one
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| Excerpt:
The economic size and significance of the 15 countries that make up
the European Union are indisputable. The combined 1995 gross
domestic product of these countries was estimated at $8.4 trillion,
exceeding that of the United States ($7 trillion). This means that
Europe is the largest single market on the face of the globe. The
European market is not just large -- it is also affluent. The EU's
population stood at 371 million in 1995 and G.D.P. per capita was
$22,690; comparable figures for the United States were 264 million
and $26,640. One manifestation of these simple facts has been the
significant presence of foreign investors in Europe, corporate and
individual, with the result that the stock of foreign investment in
the EU, at the end of 1995, stood at $6.55 trillion, as compared
with $3.16 trillion in the United States. Any corporation that
pretends to be global has to have a substantial European presence. |
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