The Global Question: Who Needs the U.S.?

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Vibrant Asian and European economies may test the theory that when America sneezes, the planet catches a cold. Why is nicola leibinger-Kammiiller still smiling? The chief executive of Trumpf, a family-owned machine-tool firm in Germany, has watched orders from the critical U.S. market slow significantly in the past few months. But while the housing-bled U.S. economy has been sluggish, and the dollar weak, it's all proving quite manageable. "We can feel the U.S. slowdown, but it's not unsettling.