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The United States accounts for the United Kingdom's largest single export market, buying $57 billion worth of British goods in 2007. [234] Total trade of imports and exports between the United Kingdom and the United States amounted to the sum of $107.2 billion in 2007. [235]
United Kingdom–United States military relations (13 C, 34 P) United Kingdom–United States sports relations (4 C, 3 P) American expatriates in the British Empire (3 C, 11 P)
+South Sudan (w/ small Britain map) 21:25, 2 March 2012: 940 × 415 (1.63 MB) Jrobin08: Reverted to version as of 20:37, 24 June 2009 (Easier to see the United Kingdom. Maybe someone can add South Sudan to the map, but keep the UK zoom box in.) 21:05, 23 September 2011: 940 × 415 (1.76 MB) Bazonka2 + South Sudan: 20:37, 24 June 2009: 940 × ...
It was also strengthened its relationship with the United States as Britain's influence in Asia declined. At the governmental level, United States-Australia relations are formalized by the ANZUS treaty and the Australia–United States Free Trade Agreement. [citation needed] Cook Islands: 1995: See Cook Islands–United States relations
The United Kingdom was the world's foremost power during the 19th and early 20th centuries, most notably during the so-called "Pax Britannica"—a period of unrivaled supremacy and unprecedented international peace during the mid-to-late 1800s.
The United States expropriated from Panama additional areas around the soon-to-be-built Madden Dam and annexed them to the Panama Canal Zone. [363] [371] Caribbean Sea: May 3, 1932 The United States adjusted the border at Punta Paitilla in the Canal Zone, returning a small amount of land to Panama. This was the site for a planned new American ...
A map of the major UK cities gives a good picture of where this activity occurred, in particular Belfast, Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield. Today there is no heavy manufacturing industry in which UK-based firms can be considered world leaders.
Thirty-two cities have a Lord Provost (in Scotland) or a Lord Mayor (in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland), see List of lord mayoralties and lord provostships in the United Kingdom. The six cities where the Lord Mayor or Lord Provost has the right to the style The Right Honourable are York, the City of London, Edinburgh, Glasgow (since 1912 ...