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Friedrich Merz wants a US trade deal within days. The EU fears it will be a bad one.
26-Jun-2025 Politico
The German leader is piling the pressure on Brussels to strike a deal soon with Trump so Europe doesn’t end up with the scraps.
German Chancellor Freidrich Merz asks Anthony Albanese whether he can help speed up Australia-EU free trade agreement
18-Jun-2025 Mercury
Australia could be on the verge of cementing a free trade deal with multiple major countries, with both parties acknowledging the symbolic significance of the pact.
Dangerous precedent: How an arbitration claim is jeopardising Germany‘s coal phase-out
20-May-2025 Power Shift
A Swiss public company, Azienda Elettrica Ticinese, is demanding compensation in an international arbitration tribunal for Germany‘s coal phase-out.
New German Chancellor wants EU-Mercosur deal expedited
10-May-2025 MercoPress
Germany’s newly appointed Chancellor Friedrich Merz supported the EU-Mercosur trade agreement, despite France’s reservations due to environmental concerns.
Germany’s Merz hoping for trans-Atlantic free trade agreement
14-Apr-2025 Yahoo
Germany’s incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz spoke out in favour of a trans-Atlantic free trade zone without any tariffs between Europe and the US.
EU needs to rethink FTAs, look for ‘shortcut’ for deal with India, says German vice chancellor
25-Oct-2024 The Print
Agriculture is the "most problematic" area in talks to secure a free trade deal between India and the European Union, German Economy Minister said, suggesting that it would be better to focus on the industrial sector first.
Germany wants upcoming Commission to pursue ‘EU only’ free trade agenda
1-Jul-2024 Euractiv
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the next European Commission should clinch more free trade agreements with third countries even without requiring unanimous consensus among EU member states.
Germany eyes stronger relations, trade and investment with Laos
7-Jun-2024 The Star
Dr Lindner added that he hoped Laos’ chairmanship of Asean this year will also be a platform to strengthen ties with European Union countries, and to review the progress of EU members on finalising trade agreements with Asean.
Klesch Group’s legal paradox
8-Mar-2024 SOMO
Oil Refiner Klesch sues EU, Germany and Denmark over windfall profit tax while making record profits due to Ukraine invasion.
Cars v cows: German automakers call to split EU-Mercosur deal to bypass French ‘non’
31-Jan-2024 Euractiv
The EU-Mercosur trade agreement should be split into two distinctive parts to circumvent French resistance based on agricultural issues, the German car industry has proposed, in a bid to boost export markets other than China.
Scholz, Milei in favour of a swift conclusion to EU-Mercosur deal
10-Jan-2024 Buenos Aires Times
President Javier Milei spoke with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, with the two calling for a swift conclusion to the European Union-Mercosur trade deal.
Germany and Brazil hope for swift finalization of a trade agreement between EU and Mercosur
5-Dec-2023 Yahoo
The chancellor of Germany and president of Brazil expressed hope that decades-long negotiations might soon yield a finalized free trade agreement between the 27-member European Union and a bloc of four South American nations.
EU, Germany and Denmark sued by oil firm over windfall tax
20-Nov-2023 The Guardian
Officials fear secret courts will block climate action and divert billions into coffers of fossil fuel investors.
Intra-EU investor-State ICSID arbitration: the German Federal Court of Justice’s new inadmissibility ruling
8-Aug-2023 Lexology
On 27 July 2023, the German Federal Court of Justice (German FCJ) declared three intra-EU investor-State ICSID arbitrations inadmissible under German arbitration law given their incompatibility with EU law.
German FM calls Brazil to align more with the West
7-Jun-2023 Euractiv
The still not yet ratified EU-Mercosur trade deal could be among the main keys to the rapprochement of like-minded democratic states as it would “make it clear that democracies when they work together, can solve global challenges,” said German Foreign Minister.
Investors sue Costa Rica over hydroelectric plant’s expropriation
22-May-2023 The Tico Times
Three German investors have filed an investment arbitration claim against Costa Rica for the expropriation of their land for the construction of a hydroelectric power plant.
Europe’s disunity over China deepens
24-Apr-2023 Politico
France, Germany and EU institutions are at odds over whether to revive the stalled Comprehensive Agreement on Investment with China.
Germany to support critical minerals-rich countries build processing capacity
17-Apr-2023 Yahoo
Germany wants to help countries that are rich in critical minerals such as Chile, Indonesia and Namibia to build their own processing infrastructure to cut dependency on China.
Germany’s Scholz committed for Free Trade deal between India, EU
27-Feb-2023 CNBC
The EU and India revived negotiations to forge a free trade agreement last year with the aim of completing talks by the end of 2023.
Auto industry calls for new trade agreement with USA
21-Feb-2023 MarketScreener
In view of billions in subsidies in the United States, the German auto industry is pressing for rapid negotiations on a free trade agreement with the United States.