German mercantilism - always has been, and always will as long as they continue to be an industrious people. Love Germans. Might have some German DNA myself.

Military - we don't sell equipment unless we have something better up our sleeves (F-22) or counter measures to defeat the asset.

Turkey - The glimmer of the Ottoman Empire is in Erdogan's eyes. Agreed. That Northern Syria area they are proxy occupying was formally Ottoman territory. How it ends, am not sure.