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harperleeyesterday at 3:31 PM

For example, decades of pegging the value of the currency down, thus facilitating exports on a massive scale and thus pushing up the performance of whole industries, without other member states that would have had their currency devaluated being able to compete on prize.

pegasusyesterday at 3:35 PM

They probably didn't list any because estimating the upsides versus the downsides is what it's about, and that's very hard to quantify. Suggesting, like you seem to, that there are no upsides to the German economy whatsoever, is just not a serious argument so doesn't actually deserve a serious answer.

LunaSeayesterday at 3:39 PM

Tariffs on Chinese EV cars that would obliterate the German automotive industry and economy?