Is This Trump’s Mitterrand Moment?; Germany agreed to monetary to get President Mitterand to agree to German reunification

 

Readers of a certain age will recall how the French Socialist President swept into power in 1981 promising a far left agenda of government control over the private economy. The market reaction was brutal. 

Within a year he had put socialism on pause and by 1983 he had abandoned most of it. He went on to serve two terms.

Wall Street Journal 23 April 2025

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/francois-mitterrand-donald-trump-tariffs-trade-economy-markets-7e80c7e9


The Chinese Dream is to Xi what Maga is to Trump

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-chinese-dream-is-to-xi-what-maga-is.html


China tells US to ‘cancel all unilateral tariffs’ if it wants talks

Beijing says claims it is nearing a deal with Washington to resolve the trade war are ‘fake news’

Financial Times 24 April 2025

https://www.ft.com/content/3e076fb5-3988-4e21-9119-3fc637afebb8


China demanded that the US revoke all unilateral tariffs and denied there were talks on reaching a trade deal, maintaining a defiant stance despite President Donald Trump’s recent easing of criticism of the country.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-24/pboc-s-pan-warns-trade-frictions-threaten-trust-in-world-economy



In Strasbourg on Dec. 9, 1989, after the Berlin Wall fell, Germany agreed to monetary union in order to get President Mitterand to agree to German reunification

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2019/09/germany-it-says-will-never-accept.html


Tillbaka till Rolfs länktips 24 april 2025

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2025/04/rolfs-lanktips-24-april-2025.html




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