With the Eurozone accounting for a declining share of all French exports (and of German exports) the economic rationale for French (and German) membership of the Euro is hard to discern. France, along with Germany and nine other countries, adopted the Euro on 1st January 1999. The previous Global Britain Briefing Note, No 28, German Exports After [...]
With the Eurozone accounting for a declining share of all German exports, the economic rationale for German membership of the Euro is hard to discern Germany adopted the Euro on 1st January 1999. The changes in the pattern of her exports worldwide since then are shown in Tables 1, 2 and 3. The data is abstracted from [...]
• ? American and British Exports to the Single Market have grown twice as fast as those of France and Germany. • ? The UK is significantly stronger in “New Economy” exports than its main Continental competitors. • ? The UK’s world-wide trading pattern is significantly different from those of its main Continental competitors. By Download Briefing Note: [...]
In the next fifty years, America will become far stronger. The EU’s decline will continue. The power gap between America and Europe will dramatically widen. He did not mean it that way, but Donald Rumsfeld’s remark about “Old Europe” aptly sums up Continental Europe’s demographic predicament. “Young America” neatly describes the very different demographic prospects across the Atlantic. [...]
Changes in Leading Countries' Shares of World Exports between 1991 & 2001 Summary • The analysis below reinforces the view that Japan & Germany are in secular economic decline. In terms of world export share lost, France's performance is even worse than Germany's. Germany & France account for over half of Eurozone GDP, so it is difficult [...]
