We were discussing this same topic in my Advanced International Relations course. The EU is well prepared to outstrip the US, as is China.
Hell, the Euro is over the dollar. That means that it's no longer cheap to buy European products.
Originally posted by DVPGSR
The simple fact that the US is the worlds largest consumer of goods and accounts for 1/3 of the worlds GDP pretty much assures the US will never "fall"!!! There is not a nation in the world that could afford to loose its largest consumer!!!
I think Rome's percentage was far, far above that.