Continental drift?
– Transatlantic economic relations in turbulent times Speech at the Council on Foreign Relations 16.10.2019 | New York | Jens Weidmann  1 Introduction  2 Germany’s current account surplus  3 Trade tensions  4 The role of central banks  5 Conclusion  1 Introduction Richard Haass, Steven Sokol, John Lipsky, Ladies and gentlemen, If our meeting had taken place 200 million years ago, my journey to New York would have been rather short.