It's not about anybody's nationality. If one does good work, one does good work.
In any country, there's always going to be lots of smart people and lots of not-so-smart people.
Big screw ups happen everywhere, even in Germany [1].
> Don't you Americans value written contracts?
Americans value written contacts. A lot of things do go according to plan in America (as well as Germany I hope).
> It's not about anybody's nationality.
I don't think 'suction' wanted to imply it'd be about nationality, but rather about culture. Germans are known to be very orderly and doing business with Germans often becomes very (!) contractual. And they will happily slap you the contract around your ears, should you miss/neglect the one or other point, that has been written down.
Source: I am from Germany and knew people, who did business with Germans, and that's exactly what they said.
Loaded question fallacy [1]. Can't say yes or no without putting myself in a bad light.
I know I was the one who brought it up (and I'm sorry), but I won't make further comments about the "German standards of doing business", because I suspect it'll not lead to any productive discussion.