BERLIN: The German government’s panel of economic advisers yesterday rejected international criticism of the country’s large current account surplus and called US President Donald Trump’s protectionist stance a threat to the global economy.
“The German current account surplus is high, but this does not signal a macroeconomic imbalance,” Christoph Schmidt, head of the panel of ‘wise men’ said, adding that demands such as increasing public investment were misleading.
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