From an exporters point of view. My comment is based on facts. I manage export sales for textile, clothing companies in Honolulu. Shipments in 2023 to Germany were almost zero versus the previous 23 years that I have been selling to importers and re-sellers over there.

Zero, zero sales, think about that for a minute. Some of the sales agents that I work with and sell for other factories say the same thing, They have never scene any region fall so fast. This is happening in other regions around the world, wherever and whenever price controls and socialism "runs the show".