U.S. and German officials were unable to iron out legal differences on a $5 billion German fund for Nazi-era slave laborers. At issue during the discussions in Washington this week is the wording of a document that is supposed to shield German firms contributing to the fund from any future lawsuits in U.S. courts.
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