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by andsoitis 838 days ago
> It seems the only big company in the USA is tech.

That's not true. If you look at a list of largest US companies (e.g. by revenue) this list is quite diversified: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_companies_in_t...

Spans retail, petroleum, tech, healthcare, insurance, automotive, telecommunications, financials, food, transportation, media, consumer products, etc.

> The biggest chemical and pharmaceutical industry is in Europe

Top 10 pharmaceutical companies in the world:

1) Pfizer (US)

2) Merck (US)

3) AbbVie (US)

4) Janssen (US)

5) Novartis (Switzerland)

6) Roche (Switzerland)

7) Bristol Myers Squibb (US)

8) Sanofi (France)

9) AstraZeneca (UK)

10) GSK (UK)

https://www.drugdiscoverytrends.com/2023-pharma-50-largest-c...

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Also, largest companies in the world by revenue [1]. American and Chinese with a handful of Swiss, German and Dutch industrial companies. (Plus Vitol, a Swiss commodities group.)

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_companies_by...