How the United States Government chooses to respond to this threat has tremendous implications for our future survival.

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At a time when demand in developed markets has declined, stagnated or settled into slow growth, the fast-growing China market has become for many Japanese companies an imperative for current and future growth, or even survival.

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For Chancellor Merkel this pact is the key to the future survival of the single currency.

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