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Europe’s 100 busiest cargo ports!
Read Time: < 1 minuteSource: Landgeist The first area that stands out, is the North Sea. In particular the ports of the Netherlands and Belgium. Rotterdam is by far the largest port in Europe, moving 434,846,000 metric tonnes of cargo in 2021. That’s more than double the amount of cargo compared to Europe’s second biggest…
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Is Germany benefitting from a weak Euro?
Read Time: < 1 minuteGerman weakness: trade surplus narrowed sharply he country’s trade surplus narrowed more than expected in August as exports rose at a slower pace than imports. Germany’s balance of exports and imports of goods was 1.2 billion euros in calendar and seasonally-adjusted terms in August, narrowing from a 3.4 billion surplus in…
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CEP study: Germany gains most from euro
Read Time: 3 minutesA new study from the Centre for European Policy in Freiburg has shown Germany to have gained “by far the most” from the introduction of the euro. Italy and France saw a drop in prosperity over the last 20 years. Germany gained almost €1.9 trillion ($2.1 trillion) between 1999 and 2017 as a…
