Abstract
German unification has created major new economic challenges for the Federal Republic not only in terms of the absorption of the former GDR but also because of the assumption by Bonn of the GDR’s external trading obligations. Germany has inherited a number of commercial agreements between the former GDR and the Soviet Union that it is obliged to honor. Moreover, given the unstable political and economic situation within the Soviet Union, Germany has been called upon to assume a disproportionate share of the financial support for the weak Soviet economy. How far can and will Germany go in supporting the Soviet economy? What are the prospects for continued German economic involvement in the USSR once the 380,000 Soviet troops have withdrawn from the former GDR? Does the past provide any answers to these questions?
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Stent, A. (1996). Comments On: Economic Reforms in the USSR and Prospects for Trade and Economic Relations with Unified Germany. In: Welfens, P.J.J. (eds) Economic Aspects of German Unification. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79972-3_22
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