German exports rose 18.5% in 2010

[scooterscot]

The German economy grew by 3.6% last year...

If the UK economy even managed 1% this year our neighbours would continue to prosper while our standards of living sink.

[sasguru]

The German economy grew by 3.6% last year...

If the UK economy even managed 1% this year our neighbours would continue to prosper while our standards of living sink.

According to our leaders, since Thatcher, manufacturing cannot be done in a Western country.
Our leaders were wrong.
The Economist has several laudatory articles on the German economy in the current issue.
But I remember back in 2006 they were urging the Germans to be more like us

Doomed due to poor leadership.

[scooterscot]

According to our leaders, since Thatcher, manufacturing cannot be done in a Western country.
Our leaders were wrong.
The Economist has several laudatory articles on the German economy in the current issue.
But I remember back in 2006 they were urging the Germans to be more like us

Doomed due to poor leadership.

Don't start me. Even whilst living in Norway we saw trucks leaving the site every other day with manufactured goods. ???

[Doggy Styles]

What is the German balance of payments?

[AtW]

But I remember back in 2006 they were urging the Germans to be more like us

Is that the same you year you were talking boll0x about UK only needing the City and pharmas?

[ThomasSoerensen]

What is the German balance of payments?

Here are some more numbers about the German export

In the bottom of the article "Meanwhile, the country's annual balance of payments, a broad measure of trade in goods and services and financial transfers, gained 8.3 percent last year to a surplus of €129.9 billion, data provided by the German central bank showed."

[Churchill]

Nice to see the Krauts busy. They get up to all sorts of shenanigans when left to their own devices.

[sasguru]

Is that the same you year you were talking boll0x about UK only needing the City and pharmas?

Please point out that post to me.
More than likely its your poor command of English to blame.
HTH

[ThomasSoerensen]

Nice to see the Krauts busy. They get up to all sorts of shenanigans when left to their own devices.

Here we go again.

[sasguru]

Here we go again.

What, have they invaded Poland?