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Merkel brings along BMW’s chief, others for first meeting with Trump

by Adam Allington
Mar 17, 2017
The South is a good reminder of how important German automakers are to the U.S.
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How will Merkel approach her meeting with Trump?

by Mark Garrison
Mar 17, 2017
The German chancellor will likely have a lot weighing on her mind as she meets POTUS for the first time.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a joint press conference in the White House.
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Let’s do the numbers: the U.S. relationship with Germany

by Jana Kasperkevic
Mar 16, 2017
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has spent weeks preparing for her meeting with Donald Trump.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the appointment of German Education Minister Johanna Wanka at Bellevue Palace on February 14, 2013 in Berlin, Germany.
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Awkward: Merkel is poised for a diplomatic dance with Trump

by Sally Herships
Mar 16, 2017
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is probably the happiest man in Europe today after the anti-Muslim and anti-European Union candidate Geert Wilders did worse than expected in elections yesterday. Trans-Atlantic economic attention now turns to Washington visits this week by two European leaders, both of whom have been critical of President Donald Trump. Irish Prime […]
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Is Germany a currency manipulator?

by Stephen Beard
Mar 2, 2017
Europe's most powerful economy has done better from the euro than some in the European Union.
A euro coin is pictured on U.S. dollar notes.
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Brooklyn and Berlin connect their growing startup scenes

by Molly Wood
Feb 8, 2017
They have more in common than you might think, despite the distance between them.
BigRep employees watch a 3-D printer in action at the company’s Berlin headquarters.
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Brooklyn and Berlin partner up to drive tech growth

by Mark Garrison
Feb 7, 2017
The cities connect to boost innovation and their emerging tech startup scenes.
New Lab, a space for startups located in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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Does Germany manipulate the euro?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jan 31, 2017
That can be hard to pin down.
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The parallels between American and German politics

by Mark Garrison
Dec 23, 2016
Germany's coal country could support a far-right party.
A coal mine in Jaenschwalde, Germany. 
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Berlin seeks German language teachers for refugee students

by Marketplace Contributor
Nov 24, 2016
Germany has accepted about 240,000 refugees so far this year, and one way it is trying to help them adapt to their new culture is by teaching them German.
Teacher Susann Heida is in her first month teaching German to teenage refugee students at a Berlin public school. Students in her class come from Syrian, Afghanistan and Iraq.
Veronica Zaragovia
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