The EU and the US remain each other's most important source of overseas affiliate income.
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The claim is supported by data from the Transatlantic Economy 2025 report (published March 2025) which cites U.S. affiliate income from Europe at $325 billion in 2022, approximately 2.7 times U.S. affiliate income in all of Asia and 48 times what U.S. companies earn in China.
European affiliate income in the U.S. was reported at $205 billion according to the same report.
The Transatlantic Economy 2026 report (published 2025) confirms this trend, stating that U.S. and European companies each make more of their overseas income in each other's markets than in the entire rest of the world combined.
Data is sourced from the AmCham EU/US Chamber of Commerce annual reports, which aggregate official statistics from BEA (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis) and Eurostat.
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PrimaryEurostat - World direct investment patternsUnited States is the top ultimate investing economy for the EU with 14% of total investments value; transatlantic investment relationship represents the most significant global FDI corridor
SecondaryThe Transatlantic Economy 2025 - AmCham EUU.S. affiliate income from Europe reached $325 billion in 2022, about 2.7 times U.S. affiliate income in all of Asia; European affiliate income in the U.S.: $205 billion