How dare those Germans produce & export large quantities of high quality goods!
Now....Germany doesn’t subsidize their export industries, do they?
As a matter of fact they do, particularly when it comes to the cost of electricity. The German’s idiodic renewable energy policies have driven the retail cost of electricity extremely high. This has threatened to put their heavy industries, the ones that export, in an uncompetitive position visa vis the US and others. So the German government has kept the cost of electricity for heavy industry in the 12 to 14 cents per kWh range while shifting the cost over to the residential customer class. The result is that residential rates are over 30 cents per kWh. Yep that’s right. 30 CENTS!