Thanks Trump ... (he is not the only one to blame however)
Quote:
[Y]et three visits to Germany by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to date, the latest just last month, suggest the two nations are aligned on stepping more broadly into a space that the U.S. has, at least temporarily, left vacant under Trump’s presidency.
“China and Germany’s new closeness is something that happened because of the Trump episode,” said Diego Ramiro Guelar, ambassador to Beijing for G-20 member Argentina. “The two most important leaders in the world are President Xi and Chancellor Merkel at the moment.”
Panda Diplomacy
Ties between China and Germany have been strengthening for years, driven by common economic interests and unobstructed by the kinds of geopolitical rivalries that were complicating relations between Beijing and Washington long before Trump’s election. Germany needs markets for its high-end industrial machinery and motor vehicles, and China wants them -- so much so it bought German robotics company Kuka AG. ...
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ermany-step-up
Previously, I always scoffed off the decline and fall of the US American *empire*. Seems that the *America First* policy is a fail very 'BIGLY'.
Happy Birthday USA! 4, July 2017