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World Service,19 Apr 2019,23 mins

Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister, Germany - Olaf Scholz

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Does Germany need to reboot its economic model? HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur is in Berlin for an exclusive interview with Germany's Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz. 30 years after unification, Germany is Europe's economic powerhouse - but could it be running out of gas? Growth is down, so are exports. Critics point to an economy dangerously reliant on the technologies of the past, rather than the future. Brexit tensions and economic nationalism in the US and China could be dampening the growth prospects of big exporters like Germany. Image: Olaf Scholz (Credit: Adam Berry/European Photopress Agency)

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