The German economy is globally interlinked – also with trading partners in politically difficult states. The interdependence of Germany and Europe requires a sometimes-difficult balancing act. At the ...

A new venture for the European Commission, recommendations from German industry German industry strongly condemns all cases in which information and communications technology is abused to suppress fun ...

Although the export restrictions at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic were challenging for companies, Renate Becker-Arnold, chairwoman of the BDI Working Group on Export Controls, praises the pra ...

Export Restrictions Impair Ability to Respond to the Crisis Global trade will experience a sharp drop due to the Covid-19 pandemic; the World Trade Organization (WTO) expects a decline between 13 and ...

Comments on the Second Draft of a Chinese National Export Control Law Late December 2019, Chinese authorities published a second draft of the People’s Republic’s export controls law. The revision is n ...

The negotiations on the reform of the EU’s dual use regulation have reached a break through. After lengthy discussions since 2016, the Council has agreed on a mandate for the Trilogue with the Commiss ...

Few countries are as integrated into the global economy as Germany. The Federal Government and the German economy thus have a special responsibility, not only to maintain rules-based and open trade bu ...