So far this summer, there has been no “Sommerloch” (a break in the pace of current events), and with the NATO Summit this week and the meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin just a few days later, there is no indication that things will slow down anytime soon. Chancellor Angela Merkel has been vocal...
"The Future of Mobility is Connected and Digital" by Robin Cammarota, Program Director and Digital Strategist, American Council on Germany Although Germany is known for its green technology and Energiewende (or energy transformation), it may surprise some people to know that it will not reach its 2020 carbon reduction goal of 40 percent. This is...
If the American-German relationship can survive US President Donald Trump's term, it'll be stronger than ever, write three policy experts for Handelsblatt. The Paris Climate Accord. Steel and aluminum tariffs. The Iran Deal. It is hard to imagine a rougher patch in transatlantic and US-German relations. Earlier this month, when we participated in a conference...
Meinen Deutsche und Amerikaner überhaupt dasselbe, wenn sie über „westliche Werte“ reden? Sind wir eine Scheingemeinschaft? Ein Gastkommentar. Die Wogen schlagen hoch im transatlantischen Gewässer. Das Verhältnis zwischen Deutschland und den Vereinigten Staaten war selten so angespannt wie zurzeit. Die Präsidentschaft Donald Trumps markiert, so viel lässt sich ohne historischen Abstand sagen, das Ende der Selbstverständlichkeiten. Fast...
Germany’s economics minister wants to start a new round of trans-Atlantic talks to solve the trade dispute with the US. So far, Europe's response is muted. Peter Altmaier is an optimist. This weekend, addressing the grim state of US-European relations, Germany’s economics minister repeated his call to start negotiations on a new trans-Atlantic trade deal. But...
