Thread: Germany and the EU are heading into recession
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Old 01-14-2019, 03:14 AM  
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Originally Posted by KlenTelaris View Post
Nothing unusual, it cannot be always growth sometime it need to go down. Also, Germany is big thanks to no tariffs and huge export, otherwise they would not make anything. For example, i spent a lot of money on german products as they are usually quite cheap, with tariff they would not be cheapest so i would have to buy something else.
The no Tariffs thing is a red herring. We had no tariffs with the Common Market. Countries around the world can set Trade Deals to no tariffs.
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