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4 days agoChina overtakes the US as Germany's largest trading partner
Economists credit US President Donald Trump's tariff campaign with reducing trade between Germany and the US, its top trading partner last year. China overtook the United States as Germany's largest trading partner during the first eight months of 2025, preliminary data from the German statistics office has shown. The data indicated that German imports and exports with China totalled $190.7bn (163.4 billion euros) from January to August, while trade with the US amounted to $189bn (162.8 billion euros), according to Reuters calculations.
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