Vendelin: Are german companies likely to pass these rising costs on to consumers? He says there's only so much riger boom that they have, and otherwise customers will just not buy their goods any more. Germany is unlikely to face large scale d industrialization, but some d industrialization might be the consequence of this very acute energy crisis.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a leftist former president, looks well-placed to win a third term. But which Lula would Brazil get—the fiscal conservative or the populist spendthrift? Germany has an earned reputation as an industrial powerhouse, but its dependence on Russian gas and Chinese demand are hobbling it. And why the propaganda-spewing loudspeakers in Vietnam’s capital are firing up again.
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