Hints and tips:
...Monetary policy: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin speaks at a public event in Richmond, Virginia....
...“It looked very much like the kind of press conference that [former chancellor] Angela Merkel might have given years ago when relations were in a better place,” Barkin added....
...But Barkin said the days of China being a “one-way bet” for German companies were done....
...Barkin, of Rhodium Group, says by pushing through the Cosco acquisition, Scholz is making things too easy for Beijing....
...That could be read as a veiled attack on Angela Merkel, who will retire from politics next month after 16 years as chancellor....
...But Angela Merkel, chancellor, proved resistant to American pressure, saying she preferred to raise security requirements for all suppliers....
...The US and EU do not inhabit separate planets when it comes to China policy, argued Noah Barkin of the Rhodium Group, “but there are big differences”....
...In the meantime, Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel, who immediately came out and opposed the US move, now looks like the villain that the Washington was fast becoming....
...But Biden will have to tread carefully for fear of alienating allies — most notably German chancellor Angela Merkel — who are wary of cold war-style rhetoric aimed at China....
...It also provides important pointers to the future direction of German policy on China after Angela Merkel, chancellor for the past 15 years, finally quits the political stage....
...Planet Europe After Merkel Noah Barkin, writing in Foreign Policy, argues that CDU leadership favourite Armin Laschet could be much “worse” than Angela Merkel....
...Such is the scenario outlined by Noah Barkin in an article in the Berlin Policy Journal titled A vulnerable Germany finds it hard to say no to China, which recounted Angela Merkel’s recent visit to Beijing...
...Rebels in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet are refusing to accept her plans to allow Huawei to build Germany’s 5G network....
...The last time Angela Merkel visited Greece was in 2007 – which, incidentally, was also the last year the country recorded positive economic growth....
...Ellen Barkin’s collection in 2006 achieved $20m at the time, 60 per cent over the expected figure....
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