Unendliche Weiten, riesige Betriebe mit endlosen Feldern und Feedlots. So stellt man sich die Landwirtschaft in den USA vor. Dass diese jedoch mindestens genauso vielfältig ist wie die Strukturen in Deutschland, durften sechs Teilnehmer aus ganz Deutschland bei einer knapp zweiwöchigen Reise in den Osten der USA erleben. Das Programm der 2019 McCloy Leadership Mission...
In Davos leaders agreed on the dramatic impact of climate change and its effect on the world economy. But besides the clash between Greta Thunberg and President Trump, to which many media dedicated their coverage, there was a more interesting fault line that became obvious. The public awareness and pressure on business leaders and government...
From October 2018 until November 2019 the German government sponsored “Deutschlandjahr USA – The Year of German-American Friendship”, working together with the Association of German Industries and other partners, such as the American Council on Germany, to organize various initiatives, presentations, and events under the motto “WunderbarTogether” with the aim to strengthen the transatlantic partnership...
While we figure out how to increase German capital investment into venture, which policy changes would help to improve access of German startups to American venture capital regarding early-growth capital access, especially in ‘Made-in-Germany’ deep tech topics? Between 2015 and 2018 US investment into German venture capital-backed companies totaled USD 3.7 billion. During the same...
Technological progress and the growth of world trade move steadily forward – but Europe and the United States hide fearfully in the shadows without a vision for the future, suggests former American Ambassador John Kornblum. We need a vision for a new digital world order. As we commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall, one...
