German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi have asked the European Union to monitor U.S. proposals to prop up its auto industry for signs of anti-competitive practices.
''We are watching the U.S. closely to see what they do on the car industry,'' Merkel told reporters today in the northern Italian city of Trieste during a joint news conference with Berlusconi. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.
