Inside Project Lionheart, Germany’s high-stakes effort to wean itself off Chinese lithium
Politicians and experts push for reduced reliance on Beijing as Berlin ‘would not and could not evade’ economic fallout of ...
Nikkei Asia4d
China loses spot as Germany's top trade partner after 8 years
BERLIN -- China was no longer Germany's top trading ... The U.S. took over the top spot, according to an estimate by Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI), which used 2024 trade data spanning January ...
Politico Europe7d
Trump pushes Europe into lose-lose choice between US and China
As they head to the Swiss Alps for this year’s World Economic Forum, EU leaders are anxious over Trump’s trade saber-rattling ...
With Germany heading to the polls—will the government be able to turn around its crisis-hit economy in time?
Auto industry jobs have long been the lifeblood of the German town of Luedenscheid but now, a trade union official says, the ...
China crisis looms as Europe's gravy train stalls: 'nobody is making money'
It was just past 11 on a freezing December morning on the outskirts of Brussels, but already workers at the city's Audi factory were cracking open frosty cans of beer. They had just finished a long ...
NL Times2d
Netherlands was Germany's third biggest trade partner last year
The Netherlands was Germany’s third most important trading partner in 2024. This was reported by the German press agency DPA ...
DAX record underlines Germany’s vulnerability
Germany has been in recession for two years and yet the German bourse has outperformed all major European stock markets ...
China’s Top 10 Imports Before The Trade War And The Near-Shoring Myth
As President Trump entered his second term, the trade war he started with China and which former President Biden kept in place suggests taming the deficit to ...
China's trade surplus reaches a record of nearly $1 trillion
This surplus was one of the highest in history, even exceeding those of Germany, Japan, and the United States. This led to ...