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Workers stand watch as containers are loaded into a cargo ship at Qingdao Port in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province, Thursday, April 13, 2017. China's export growth accelerated in March in a positive sign for global demand, though import growth cooled. (Chinatopix via AP) (Chinatopix via AP)

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Emmanuel Macron (AP/Etienne Laurent)

It’s crunch time in Paris

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Economist John Maynard Keynes.

The Germans follow Keynes’ advice!

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French finance minister Emmanuel Macron, center, tours the Parrot booth with Parrot CEO and founder Henri Seydoux, right, and Louis Schweitzer, left, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, at the International CES in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) (AP)

The Macron effect: Can France overtake Germany again?

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