Seeds need fertile ground if they are to grow into viable plants. The same applies to business ideas – they also need the right environment if they are to find their way onto the market. Accelerators, ...
The BDI warns against a targeted weakening of the World Trade Organization. Washington is undermining international trade law. Challenges relating to global trade can only be resolved multilaterally. ...
On 6 March, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered its verdict in the case of Achmea versus the Slovakian Republic. Among others, the proceedings concerned the question of compatibility between ...
European economy flying high. Cyclical peak in 2018 with a good two percent growth. The BDI expects the EU economy to grow by 2.3 percent this year. Last year, GDP increased by 2.4 percent. Europe has ...
Disclosure requirements must be appropriate for midcaps and family owned businesses Properly designed STS securitisations can substantially revive the European securitisation market. BDI suggests to c ...
The Costs of Brexit The UK and the EU27 member states are economically highly integrated. In 2016, for example, total German-UK trade in goods amounted to €121.6 billion. Brexit will severely disrupt ...
Ebola, civil war and failed states are, unfortunately, often still the buzzwords associated with Africa. But Africa is changing. It is time to start viewing the continent as a promising economic partn ...
The “Wunderbar Together” initiative seeks to deepen existing partnerships and to give new impetus to the German-American friendship, according to Johannes Ebert, Secretary General of the Goethe-Instit ...
For decades, German companies have not only contributed to U.S. economic growth and U.S. exports. They are job-motor and educators, thus also contributing to the U.S. society. The initiative “Wunderba ...
“Germany is modern, innovative, and culturally diverse”, Andreas Görgen, Director General for Culture and Communication, Federal Foreign Office, Germany, advocates for the public relations campaign “W ...