This week we take a look at the EU's evolving position on the global stage amidst the economic supremacy of the United States and China. During a long period in the 00', both the EU and US economies were roughly the same size, but since the global financial crisis, their GDPs have drastically diverged. The US economy standing at 25.5 trillion US dollars is now nearly 50% bigger, compared to the EU's 17.3 trillion. Not only that, but China, with its rapid economic growth, not only caught up but surpassed the EU's GDP in 2020, when the EU was hit not only with the COVID-19 lockdown and its effects, but also with the official exit of the UK from the union. On the chart, I also included Russia's GDP, to point out how insignificant it is. Just for comparison, Russia's economy, standing at 1.7 trillion US$ is two and a half times smaller than Germany's (4.3 trillion US$). The European Union (EU) has long been regarded as a significant pla