Economically speaking, according to DNB president Klaas Knot is currently ‘very good’ with the Netherlands. “And that means currently”, he predicts.
But running Dutch economy is in the long term, however, threatened by handelsremmende developments such as the protectionism of Trump and the brexit.
Not in resentment linger
And therefore must be worked on a good relationship with the British after their departure from the EU, says Knot. “The British have broke up with me, but we should not be in resentment linger,” he said in the tv programme Buitenhof. “It’s not in our interest to needlessly play. We have an interest in a new relationship, with as much space as possible for free trade and an orderly transition.”
the Netherlands can also suffer from the protectionist policies of the American president Donald Trump, warns Knot. If he promises to continue, it will “definitely impact” on the international economy and in the Netherlands. All the Dutch companies who earn income from foreign
‘Trump sees ‘t be completely wrong’
According to the Knot has Trump a completely wrong image of international trade. “He sees it as a real estate investor and think that the profit of one is the loss of the other. But free trade offers a win-win situation, where all trading partners better off.”
at the same time, according to Knot’s better to look at the distribution of the benefits of free trade. “Certainly in the middle of the USA live a lot of people on the losing side of globalisation, because it is noticed on the distribution of the benefits thereof. I think ultimately that distribution, rather than the trade itself.”
RTL News / REUTERS
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