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ELI5: Why are German products higher quality?
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Germany was one of the first countries to get mass amounts of high quality steel by way of Krupp steel. This led to the development of higher precision machine tools and higher quality metal goods. This reputation has survived largely because of this history but now Germany can't compete in the cheap markets where Asian business dominates. Instead they stick with premium goods at a high price.