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Focus Germany

GIS’s Focus Germany series examines key issues facing the European Union’s most crucial member and the continent’s economic powerhouse.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to fellow CDU politician Matern von Marschall
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Focus Germany: Taxing climate subsidy, subsidizing climate tax
Henrique Schneider
Henrique Schneider

Germany is struggling to achieve its current environmental goals. A new policy package under consideration now is unlikely to provide a clear path forward. The taxes and subsidies it foresees contradict each other and could ultimately impede technological advancement. The proposal has proven disappointing to climate activists and economic critics alike.

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Focus Germany: Foreign trade – clouds on the horizon

German trade statistics are sagging. Most commentators attribute this phenomenon to the global business cycle. More likely, today’s figures are the outcome of earlier decisions made by German companies to move resources outside of Europe, and they are now developing their products elsewhere. If true, German foreign trade flows will ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Paris in March 2019
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Focus Germany: Relations with China in perspective

Despite the need for a united EU stance on Chinese competition and security issues, Germany remains focused on bilateral relations. By doing so, it gains a valuable trade partner, but it also incurs the risk of expanding China’s influence in the European sphere. The only way for Berlin to solve ...
 Dr. Frank Umbach
Dr. Frank Umbach
Construction site of the EUGAL gas pipeline transfer station
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Focus Germany: The Nord Stream 2 headache

Russian ambitions to bypass Ukraine’s gas infrastructure are obviously rooted in political motives, yet Germany insists on backing the project. By doing so, it could reap the economic benefits of becoming a European hub for Russian gas imports, but serious conflicts over the matter are likely to arise within the ...
 Professor Stefan Hedlund
Professor Stefan Hedlund

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