1992: the workers' stake

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The European Community's proposed Social Charter would ensure the maintenance of a minimum threshold of workers' rights in member states, including the regulation of the working day, hygiene and safety standards, and the right to organize. The Social Charter would ensure that businesses would not move their manufacturing and capital investment to countries with less stringent standards. West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl is the most prominent proponent of the Charter. West Germany has the highest social guarantees and social welfare system in Europe and trade union support is vital to his party. UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is strongly opposed to the Charter on the grounds that it is an infringement of the UK's sovereignty. Thatcher does not want a unified European system imposed on the UK that would undermine the economic gains she has made at the expense of trade unions.

Economic aspects, Economic policy, Kohl, Helmut, European Union, Thatcher, Margaret, Employee rights, European Community

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The new arms merchant

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Daimler-Benz's acquisition of the aerospace firm Messerschmitt-Bilkow-Blohm has transformed the automobile manufacturer into West Germany's largest arms producer, offering everything from tanks to aircraft. Daimler-Benz chairman Edzard Reuter believes that the diversification into defense electronics and aerospace was necessary because the imminent single European market of 1992 necessitates that West German firms modernize production with revolutionary new technology. Reuter feels that defense industries, with their emphasis on developing new technology, make ideal partners for automobile manufacturers. Daimler-Benz is seeking to expand into new markets and has recently acquired a five percent stake in the French aerospace company Matra and opened acquisition negotiations with British Aerospace.

Management consulting services, Germany, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Automobile industry, Daimler-Benz AG, Germany, West, Retuer, Edzard, Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm GmbH, Matra Aerospace Inc.

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Tokyo on the Rhine

Article Abstract:

Dusseldorf, West Germany has become economically and culturally important to Japanese citizens living overseas, and promises to become a decision-making center for Japanese business in the 1990s. The city is home to nearly 7,000 Japanese nationals. The key element in the infrastructure of the Japanese presence in Dusseldorf is the Japanese International School where Japanese children can be educated in manner that will prepare them for returning home.

Japan, Emigration and immigration, Japanese (Asian people), International education, Dusseldorf, Germany, Japanese in foreign countries

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