In recent months the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) have come under stark criticism. Civil society groups warn that TTIP will lead to lower consumer protect ...
Transatlantic relations have run into troubled waters. U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of new tariffs on automobile imports could escalate the trade conflict between the United States and the EU. ...
Demands for the Contents of the Talks The European Union and the USA are currently conducting preliminary talks about a transatlantic free trade agreement. Simultaneously, the United States are con ...
Growth or recession? Global economy at a crossroads As things stand, one major bad decision would be enough to tip the balance and endanger Europe’s economic growth. The federal government has no time ...
In January 2019, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published the negotiation objectives for a trade agreement with the EU. The BDI presents its position on all suggested areas of negotiation. Furth ...
U.S. President Donald Trump accuses Germany of trading unfairly, pointing at the country’s trade surplus. However, a look at the bilateral trade balance alone is misleading. Germany's high surplus ref ...
In the trade dispute between the United States and China, the omens of rapprochement before the pandemic were good. Both countries agreed on a “Phase One Deal”: China committed itself to more imports ...
With the arrival of Joe Biden in the White House, many people are hoping for a restart of transatlantic relations. Biden is a transatlanticist and values the European Union (EU) as an important partne ...
The United States is one of the founding fathers and architects of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva but also one of the most notorious critics of the multilateral trade system. It is large ...
The United States is and remains an important partner for politics and business in Germany. In order to improve the transatlantic partnership, the new administration under Joe Biden and the EU should ...
