INTERDEPENDENCE DAY !!!

THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM ARE THE WORLD’S FIRST AND FIFTH LARGEST ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD. WE CURRENTLY TRADE OVER $260 BILLION WORTH OF GOODS AND SERVICES EACH YEAR. WE ARE EACH OTHER’S NUMBER ONE SOURCE OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND TWO-WAY DIRECT INVESTMENT TOTALS OVER $1 TRILLION. HAPPY INTERDEPENDENCE DAY! EVERY U.S. STATE HAS JOBS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO AN INVESTMENT BY A U.K. COMPANY. MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION AMERICANS WORK FOR U.K. COMPANIES IN THE UNITED STATES, AND OVER 1.5 MILLION BRITONS ARE DIRECTLY EMPLOYED BY U.S. FIRMS.