Germany has the world's third-largest economy, but is struggling to kickstart growth. It's one of the issues facing voters in Sunday's elections.

Trade between the U.S. and Germany, which has Europe's biggest economy, ticked up 0.1% compared with 252.8 billion euros ($264.3 billion) in 2023, Germany's Federal Statistical Office said. Trade with China,

Discussions seen following increased vigilance on both sides toward US import tariffs by the Trump administration.

China considers Germany and the European Union as a whole as strategic partners, and it wants stronger cooperation with them in the spirit of free trade and multilateralism, the Chinese foreign minister told the German chancellor on Saturday.

Volkswagen () dominated Germany's battery electric vehicle (BEV) market, capturing nearly half the market and increasing its share by year-over-year, while Tesla's sales plummeted. In China, Geely unexpectedly overtook BYD in retail sales,

The United States was Germany's biggest single trading partner last year for the first time since 2015, displacing China from the top spot as exports to the Asian power declined, official figures showed Wednesday.

Stocks finished lower on Wall Street but edged higher in Europe on Friday amid uncertainty about U.S. President Donald Trump's rapid policy initiatives, including spending cuts and tariffs, and Germany's upcoming elections.

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The old one, fueled by cheap natural gas from Russia and lucrative exports to China, is broken, leaving Europe's biggest economy mired in stagnation and angst about the future. Delivering that fresh growth strategy is going to be the biggest challenge for the government that takes office after a national election set for Feb.

The United States was Germany’s biggest single trading partner last year for the first time since 2015, displacing China from the top spot as exports to the Asian power

For years, Germany benefited from China's entry into the global economy - even as other developed countries lost jobs to China. German companies found a massive new market for ind

Germany's chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has hit back at Vice President JD Vance who had criticized European nations over free speech and their treatment of far-right parties. A day after Vance told the Munich Security Conference that the biggest threat to European their security came not from Russia and China but "from within,