The US is simply not producing and exporting anything of value and able to compete with comparable products.

Furthermore not every country in EU is "suffering from Germany's export surplus" - countries like Estonia, Poland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, ... are doing pretty well and doing better.

What countries are supposedly suffering?

- Portugal

- Italy

- Greece

- Spain

... aka the PIGS states - have a look at their economic and political history and you will notice they were all ruled by incompetent and corrupted governments.

Berlusconi is still active in policts ... do I need to say more? A lot of countries in EU have issues not due to Germany but due to their very own problems.