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The US calls off globalization, targets Germany. Paris offer to Berlin comes at a cost

June 25, 2018 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

Last Friday, the ‘America first’ President Donald Trump repeated his threats to impose a super tariff on imports of European cars, obviously having in mind the German automotive industry. His latest menace came only hours after the European Union moderately retaliated to the US aggressive trade action, by levying additional import duties on American goods […]

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Germany takes cover from Trump in Eurozone and decides to pay for it

June 14, 2018 by Dennis Kefalakos 7 Comments

Nobody in Germany doubts it any more that Donald Trump’s America is not a friendly country and market any more, or a guarantor of European security, as was the case for the last 70 years after WWII. To ward off any confusion about that, the German ambassador to the US made a clear statement. Peter […]

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