Under Gerhard Schröder and Helmut Kohl, Germany sought tight ties with Russia.
Besides the cost, though, there are other impediments.One of the giants, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, already has tight ties with Daiwa, which it would need to unwind.
Property professionals suggest the city's business climate is changing as citizens express anger about soaring property prices and tight ties between government and business.
Freeport had previously spun off McMoran Exploration in 1994 but still held a 16.2 percent stake and has tight ties with the company.
Icann has let go of its previously tight ties with the US government this year as it has prepared to move to a more international system.
He maintains especially tight ties with a circle of lobbyists and former aides representing some of the nation's biggest businesses, including Goldman Sachs, Google, Citigroup, R. J. Reynolds, MillerCoors and UPS.
"They get frustrated, and so they say, 'Let's go to the top.' " Other business and political leaders scoff at his criticisms of the president, saying they are intended to disguise the tight ties between the brothers.
The talks with the Trump Organization and Bannon underscore the rising influence of the reclusive Mercers as mega-donors on the right, and their tight ties to Trump's inner circle.
