German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have agreed to expand their countries' ...

The head of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) has called for the reduced rate of value added tax (VAT) on certain goods to be abolished entirely. "Reducing the reduced VAT rate from 7% to 0% ...

Germany is once again at the center of new geopolitical and economic realignments. According to preliminary numbers published by the German federal statistics office and other sources, Germany and ...

Germany’s trade surplus narrowed further in September 2025, falling to its lowest level since October 2024, as a stronger-than-expected rise in imports outpaced export growth. According to preliminary ...

With exports and imports dropping in January, our optimism about Germany's growth prospects has taken a hit this week. We still expect the economy to accelerate this year on the back of fiscal ...

Foreign companies put EUR 96 billion into their German business, compared with EUR 43 billion in 2024, says a new study by the think-tank German Economic Institute (IW). BERLIN, Jan. 26, 2026 ...

Two Germany-based metals recycling groups have issued a statement saying a recycled metals export ban would weaken its economy. Rather than enacting export bans, VDM and BDSV recommend creating a ...