Trade War Between the US and Germany?

The heat has been rising recently in the relationship between the US and Germany. Despite Washington’s regular attempts to bring its allies to heel under the auspices of their cooperation as part of NATO and the fabricated threat of a “common enemy” as represented by Russia, Europe’s largest economy is increasingly irritating its transatlantic partner by strengthening its own positions. The main reason for this is purely economic in nature. After all, in political terms Germany has remained a US protectorate and even an officially occupied country ever since the end of World War II. But in an economic sense, the opposite picture has emerged — the US is now practically a German colony. America’ trade deficit with that country is perilously close to $70 billion a year, taking the honors for second place and trailing behind only the imbalance in US commerce with China. April 24 https://orientalreview.org/2018/04/24/trade-war-between-the-us-and-germany/

To understand this news we begin with the chart of Germany  (Reunification Oct.3, 1990; 0:00 am CET) [1] and superimpose the US Sibly progressed Sun [13pi] to check how it affects the German chart. What do we get? This forms a T with  the radix Mars [12ge] in 11^th square Moon [18pi] in the 8^th house of the German chart.

The 11^th house in  Mundane Astrology: Friends and allies of the nation. http://www.skyscript.co.uk/temples/h11.html

The 8^th  house in  Mundane Astrology: The national debt; Financial relations with foreign countries. http://www.skyscript.co.uk/temples/h8.html

From the definitions of the 11^th and 8^th houses, we can clearly see that friends (11^th) are at loggerheads (square) over a trade imbalance (8^th).

[1] https://www.astrologyweekly.com/countries/germany.php