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Estimates of a Taiwan war's economic cost

A cited estimate of ten percent of global GDP is treated as a plausible starting point, with knock-on effects potentially multiplying the loss.

Notes

A viewer cites a Bloomberg Economics estimate of about $10 trillion, equivalent to roughly ten percent of global GDP. That estimate is accepted as a starting model. Other estimates mentioned reach as much as three times that amount. The larger totals allow for knock-on economic consequences.