China close to overtaking US as Germany's largest trading partner H1 2025

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In the first quarter of 2024, the United States took China’s place as Germany’s most important trading partner, ending the Asian country’s eight-year streak. The U.S. has kept that position since then, but reports now claim that China is close to making a comeback. China nearly overtook the United States to become Germany’s largest trading partner in the first half of 2025, according to preliminary data from the German statistics office, as German exports to the U.S. suffered amid higher tariffs...