Skip next section New EU-US tarifff deal seen negatively by most German firms — study
08/06/2025August 6, 2025
New EU-US tarifff deal seen negatively by most German firms — study
German businesses largely view the with concern, with the majority foreseeing added burdens to their operations, according to a survey by the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) whose results were released on Wednesday.
More than half (58%) of the 3,355 companies included in the survey said they expected the deal to increase their burden. Just 5% saw the deal as having positive effects.
Altogether 74% of companies that maintain direct business ties with the US foresee , the study showed.
The study indicated that more than half of firms directly involved in US markets plan to reduce trans-Atlantic trade, while 31% have revised the way they handle customs costs, among other things by passing on at least some of the increases to US customers.
“This agreement may have been politically necessary, but for many companies in Germany, it’s still a bitter pill,” said DIHK managingdirector Helena Melnikov. “It brings new burdens instead of relief: higher tariffs, more bureaucracy and reduced competitiveness.”
Under the deal struck by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President amid most EU exports to the US will be subjected to a 15% tariff as of August 7.
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Skip next section WWII bomb find prompts mass Dresden evacuation
08/06/2025August 6, 2025
WWII bomb find prompts mass Dresden evacuation
Authorities in the eastern city of say some 17,000 people will be forced to leave their homes on Wednesday to allow the safe defusal of a bomb left over from the .
The British 250-kilogram (500-pound) bomb was found on Tuesday amid work to demolish remnants of the Carola Bridge, .
The bomb has to be defused at the place where it was found.
The area to be evacuated contains several hotels, as well as the city’s famous Frauenkirche, or Church of Our Lady, which is visited by thousands of people from all over the world each year.
The demolition work at the Carola Bridge already uncovered a WWII bomb in January, .
Dresden was the target of , during which and much of the city center destroyed.
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Even 80 years after the end of , ordnance left over from the conflict is regularly found in Germany.
Dresden, which underwent massive bombardment in the last year of the war, is seeing its second mass evacuation of the year following the find of a British bomb on Tuesday.
In other news, a study has shown that many German companies take a negative view of the recent EU-US tariff agreement, which many commentators have denounced as a capitulation by the bloc to the whims of the unpredictable US president, Donald Trump.
In this blog, you will find a rundown on the main issues in focus in Germany on August 6, 2025. DW wishes you good reading!
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