French and German leaders meet to discuss Trump tariff threatsIn statements to reporters before their working lunch at the Elysee Palace, both Macron and Scholz insisted that Europe was strong and the ...
22 Jan, 2025, 11.05 PM IST
German exports rise unexpectedly in April on China reopeningIn April, German exports rose unexpectedly, mainly on account of deliveries made to China following its post-pandemic reopening.
06 Jun, 2023, 10.09 AM IST
German trade surplus shrinks on Ukraine, energy crisisGermany exported goods to the value of 1.56 trillion euros ($1.7 trillion), up 14 percent on a year earlier, federal statistics agency Dest...
02 Feb, 2023, 11.17 PM IST
Germany extends €1 billion assistance to India; Merkel warns of 'protectionist tendencies'Warning of growing “protectionist tendencies” worldwide, German Chancellor Angela Merkel made it clear that her country would push for an F...
30 May, 2017, 11.12 PM IST
Donald Trump blasts German carmakers' US sales, threatens to stop salesGerman carmakers like Daimler AG, Volkswagen AG and BMW have responded to the attacks with a mix of defiance and mollification.
26 May, 2017, 04.46 PM IST
View: Workers made Germany into the world's best economyThis performance comes even as Germany faces many of the same challenges as other rich countries. Its fertility rate is low -- just 1.38 ch...
20 Apr, 2017, 09.46 AM IST
Germany's large trade surplus is affecting the rest of EuropeEurozone unemployment stands above 11%, and even passes 13% when excluding Germany. Meanwhile, Germany's rate is less than half of that, at...
20 Jul, 2015, 12.31 PM IST
Online cross-border trade seen growing fivefold by 2020: StudyE-commerce is expanding at breakneck pace, with online retail sales in Europe seen doubling by 2018 to 323 billion euros ($437.91 billion).
20 Jan, 2014, 05.30 PM IST
Data suggest Germany's financial strength may be grossly overstatedIn 2012, Germany ran a trade deficit of euro 27 bn with Russia, Libya and Norway, for energy imports, and also with Japan(euro4.7 bn), and ...
01 Jan, 2014, 05.14 AM IST
Slowdown affected bilateral trade target with India: GermanyThe ambitious target of taking the trade between India and Germany to euro 20 billion in 2012 could not be achieved due to the global econo...
28 Apr, 2013, 12.56 PM IST
- BMW fetes record 2010 results, stronger Chinese ties
Rees called the shift "a turning point in German economic history" but noted that a cooling of the Chinese economy would quickly affect Ger...
10 Mar, 2011, 10.29 PM IST
- Obama raises tempo on currency strength
US President Barack Obama said countries running trade surpluses should boost domestic demand and allow their currencies to strengthen.
22 Nov, 2010, 02.31 AM IST
- Financial crisis not over yet: IMF chief
The global financial crisis is not over yet, the head of the International Monetary Fund said in comments published on Wednesday.
17 Nov, 2010, 10.52 PM IST
- Talks near end, G20 split over Geithner’s trade target plan
Group of 20 finance chiefs conclude talks on Friday with the US running into resistance as it pushes targets for current account imbalances...
23 Oct, 2010, 03.42 AM IST
- German tool industry foresees 25,000 job cuts
Demand for machine tools, a key component of the German powerhouse economy, collapsed in December, threatening the jobs of 25,000 workers t...
10 Feb, 2009, 06.12 PM IST
- German trade surplus climbs to 15 billion euros in September
Germany's trade surplus climbed to 15 bn euros in September from 10.6 bn the previous month.
07 Nov, 2008, 02.41 PM IST
- Weak or strong, euro still unloved
When the newly created euro slumped to an all-time low in 2000, detractors lined up to predict a dark future for the young currency.
26 Dec, 2007, 11.09 AM IST