Many commentators in right-wing media outlets believe that the United States' longtime economic partners need the U.S. more than the U.S. needs them. But liberal economist Paul Krugman, in a Substack column posted on January 29, lays out some reasons why those partners aren't as reliant on the U.S. as MAGA Republicans think. In fact, governments aren't the only ones pivoting away from the U.S.; foreign private companies are also shifting away." This measure tells us how much of other countries' output they sell to the United States. Basically, the world needs access to the EU more than it needs access to the U.S.