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...trading companies hold about $5 billion in unpaid Iraqi bills, German banks about $2 billion. The embargo also leaves 40 German companies stuck with $2 billion in debt on business deals that have been partly completed but not paid for. Some of those losses will be covered by Hermes Kreditversicherung AG, the German state export-insurance program, but as much as $1.2 billion in trade with Iraq and Kuwait is not insured. Large diversified conglomerates like Daimler-Benz, Mannesmann and Ferrostaal can absorb such shortfalls, but smaller firms with proportionately larger exposure are talking about hardship and calling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Frozen In Midstream | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

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