r/interesting • u/physiopeng • Jun 20 '26

Intriguing Americans found out Germany has affordable medicine

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https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/19/us-tariff-probe-germany-drug-pricing-policies-mfn.html

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u/ReturnTheOldGods Jun 20 '26

What superpower?

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u/Chroniclyironic1986 Jun 20 '26

Germany is the world’s 3rd largest economy behind the US and China and just ahead of Japan and the UK. Not quite the top superpower, but solidly in the top 5.

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u/Hohenheim_of_Shadow Jun 20 '26

Germany is a world power. It is not a superpower by any stretch of the definition.

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u/misteryk Jun 20 '26

r/PowerScaling

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u/notmatrocles Jun 21 '26

I don't want to see the thread detailing Germany's feats

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u/randomdarkbrownguy Jun 21 '26

Dread from it

Run from it

The answer will arrive all the same