South Africa takes a keen interest in Europe, given large trade linkages and therefore significant implications for our economic prospects. The relationship between South Africa and Germany in particular, has been a long and fruitful one and certainly the contribution to South Africa’s development has not been insignificant.
These options will require action from all Canadians. Policy measures can help foster the needed adjustments  BIS central bankers’ speeches  3  and this is the objective of some of the measures put forward, for instance, in last week’s federal budget. Since the problem starts with shrinking labour input, a natural place to look is for ways to counteract this decline.