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Germany’s Merz says Trump tariffs risk fanning a financial crisis
German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said Donald Trump’s tariff policies increase the risk of a financial crisis and advocated for a ...

EU leaders split over hitting U.S. services sector in retaliation to Trump trade tariffs
Should the European Union target US Big Tech and services in response to President Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught? Differences on ...

Volkswagen working to ‘quantify the impact’ of Trump tariffs on U.S. sales
Volkswagen said Thursday it was examining the impact of new US tariffs on foreign cars after the German auto giant ...

Siemens to boost drug discoveries using AI through the $5.1 billion acquisition of U.S. software firm Dotmatics
Germany group Siemens said on Wednesday it is buying Dotmatics, a US software company, for $5.1 billion to leverage its ...

EU will respond firmly to US tariffs but still open to ‘compromise,’ German chancellor says
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday said the EU would respond firmly to tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump ...

Germany got $1 trillion for free, Deutsche Bank chairman says
Germany is getting €1 trillion ($1.1 trillion) in additional funding virtually for free after bond markets reacted positively to its ...

Germany lashes out at Trump’s levy on U.S. car imports
A Volkswagen (VW) Passat R car (L) and a Golf GTI car are pictured in the tower storage facility of ...

Tesla’s monthly sales slump 40% across Europe, new data shows, but the worst may finally be over
The full and unvarnished picture of Tesla’s plunging sales and dwindling market share in Europe has now emerged, thanks to ...

Germany’s landmark spending bill wins final lawmaker approval
Germany’s move to unlock hundreds of billions of euros in debt-financed defense and infrastructure spending passed its final legislative hurdle ...
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