GF - The Trade Numerologist: After Strong 2018 German Exports Threatened By Global Trade War
Perhaps no country risks losing more from the winds of protectionism and tariffs sweeping the world than Germany. The world's fourth-largest economy and the richest in the European Union is heavily dependent on exports, especially of industrial goods that are sensitive to swings in the economic cycle.
The German economy and fabled Mittelstand - its small and medium-sized businesses - depend on thousands of factories, millions of jobs, and a network of shipping lines, ports and logistics firms that need exports for their survival.
The country also faces failing fortunes in its titanic car sector,