Katherina Reiche doesn’t have much time for the discussion; in fact, she should have already left for the next appointment with the Chancellor. But as a final word on the panel, the CDU Federal Minister for Economic Affairs wants to give the audience at the Hannover Messe – the world’s largest industrial trade fair – a message: “The state cannot do everything alone,” she states decisively and leans over to her Brazilian ministerial colleague, who has just raved about growth rates of three percent in his country.