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Can Germany's ailing economy get back on track?

Ed Butler interviews Dr Joachim Nagel, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank. As a trade war between Europe and the US escalates, what does the future look like for Germany?

Dr Joachim Nagel isn't just Germany's chief central banker, he's one of the most powerful economic policy-makers in Europe.

In this exclusive interview, originally recorded for the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service's Business Daily podcast, Ed Butler asks how he thinks Germany, and the European Union as a whole, should be responding to a time of unprecedented economic peril.

It's a shaky time for the world's third-largest economy, which has been experiencing stagnant growth for five years. As a trade war between Europe and the US escalates, what does the future look like for Germany?

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