The big problem for the Euro-area is that it is geared primarily to international trade. And in a world of escalating trade war rhetoric, this means it will always lose out. To put this into context, if we look at the trade openness of the big three economics, we find that the sum of exports and imports as a share of GDP is at an eye-watering level of 90% for the Euro-area…
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