How Germany is able to run the world’s second largest export economy
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How Germany is able to run the world’s second largest export economy
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Re: How Germany is able to run the world’s second largest export economy
#2Very informative. Does this imply that Brexit is the rational choice for the UK?
Re: How Germany is able to run the world’s second largest export economy
#3I wonder how that plot would look like if they separated individual US states and also considered trade between them. I'd guess the big three (California, Texas, New York) would dominate quite a bit there as well.
Re: How Germany is able to run the world’s second largest export economy
#4Very informative. Does this imply that Brexit is the rational choice for the UK?
Mostly likely, the quest for a rational justification for brexit will continue.
Re: How Germany is able to run the world’s second largest export economy
#5Interesting choice to use 1993 as the start for the comparison of Germany's trade surplus: https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/balance-of-trade
Re: How Germany is able to run the world’s second largest export economy
#6Very informative. Does this imply that Brexit is the rational choice for the UK?
Maybe there's a simpler explanation, in Germany businesses are run quite conservatively in comparison. Nice for stability but probably bad for innovation.
By the way, Germany is one of the top 5 exporting countries since decades, so this has little to do with the Euro:
https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/WLD/Yea... https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/WLD/Yea...
Re: How Germany is able to run the world’s second largest export economy
#7Very informative. Does this imply that Brexit is the rational choice for the UK?
Rational if they export below the average of other EU nations, not rational if they export above the average of other EU nations.
Re: How Germany is able to run the world’s second largest export economy
#8Interesting choice to use 1993 as the start for the comparison of Germany's trade surplus: https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/balance-of-trade
I think it's right in the text why 1993 was chosen:
> "Indeed, when the Single Market was adopted (1993), ..."
Re: How Germany is able to run the world’s second largest export economy
#9Related : cars selled by european companies will have to average 95gCO2e/km. But this limit is raised for heavy cars, which Germany sell a lot more than others. France's environment minister is angry.
The legislation has been tailored for the EU's biggest industry.
Re: How Germany is able to run the world’s second largest export economy
#10Very informative. Does this imply that Brexit is the rational choice for the UK?
Maybe, if it is rational to loose ones status as Europe‘s financial hub which was one of the key drivers in the past for the high pound exchange value.