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Chinese Cars Star at Munich Auto Show, Underscoring German Economic Woes

For decades, the phrase “Made in Germany” signaled cutting-edge automotive technology and design. But now German automakers are falling behind in the global race to produce more electric vehicles, and […]




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Offshore Wind Runs Into Rising Costs and Delays

Vattenfall, a Swedish energy company, has for years been doing preliminary work for what would be one of the world’s largest offshore wind complexes, in the North Sea off eastern […]













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Europe Frets U.S. Battery Factory Subsidies Will Hurt, Not Help

European leaders complained for years that the United States was not doing enough to fight climate change. Now that the Biden administration has devoted hundreds of billions of dollars to […]




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The ‘Peace Dividend’ Is Over in Europe. Now Come the Hard Tradeoffs.

In the 30 years since the Iron Curtain came crashing down, trillions of dollars that had been dedicated to Cold War armies and weapons systems were gradually diverted to health […]




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As U.S. Tries to Isolate China, German Companies Move Closer

As Washington seeks to throttle economic ties with Beijing, two powerful engines of the German economy, Volkswagen and the chemical company BASF, are broadening their huge Chinese investments.Volkswagen, which has […]







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Fraud Trial of Wirecard’s Ex-CEO, Markus Braun, Begins

The fraud trial of the former head of Wirecard, the German electronic payments company that went from being the darling of Europe’s start-up scene to a spectacular fall that led […]