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In 2014, Germany's trade surplus was about $250 billion, or almost 7 percent of the country's GDP. That continues an upward trend that's been going on at least since 2000.

Why is Germany's trade surplus so large? Undoubtedly, Germany makes good products that foreigners want to buy.

As the IMF also recommended in its July 2014 report, Germany could help shorten the period of adjustment in the euro zone and support economic recovery by taking steps to reduce its trade surplus, even as other euro-area countries continue to reduce their deficits.

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