Since the Berlin Wall fell last November, Germany has offered a potential market of 80 million people. What will re-unification mean to British companies doing business there and how real are the opportunities in East Germany?
In the second of three special reports, John Humphrys talks to a number of business people who have been trying to break into what has been called the most difficult market in the world.
Producers David Dawson and Godfrey Johnson
Series editor Brian Davies
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