Only 14% of the U.S. economy is export. Almost 50% of Germany's economy is export.
Edit: changed 80 to 50. Not sure where I saw that number.
Edit: changed 80 to 50. Not sure where I saw that number.
Germany has a GDP of 3 Trillion Euro.
It had exports of 1 Trillion Euro.
It only seems to be a bit more than 40%: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS