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More sensitive for many here in Germany, however, are the allegations that Timken's company, Ohio-based roller-bearing manufacturer The Timken Company, profited massively from protective tariffs which kept European competitors -- many of whom are based in Germany -- out of the American market. Jürgen Geissinger, president the European Bearing Manufacturers Association, complained in late July about the appointment. "Timken, one of the biggest beneficiaries of a trade policy that violates (a 2003 WTO ruling), has been named ambassador to a country whose businesses suffer as a result of this policy."

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