Reuters has learned about the reduction of German investments in the United States in the first year of Trump's presidency

German companies have almost halved investments in the United States during the first year of the second presidential term of American leader Donald Trump due to uncertainty in trade relations and increased duties. This was reported on January 19 by the Reuters news agency, citing a report by the German Economic Institute (IW).

According to the results of the study, between February and November 2025, German companies invested about €10.2 billion ($11.1 billion) in the United States, which is less than almost €19 billion ($22.1 billion) in the same period of the previous year.

"The decrease was approximately 45%," the article says.

IW also compared these data with the average value for the reporting period from 2015 to 2024, which amounted to about €13.4 billion ($15.5 billion).

"Even in comparison, the figure has decreased by more than 24% since Trump took office," said IW researcher Samina Sultan.

According to IW, shipments decreased by 8.6% between February and October 2025 compared to the same period last year.

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On the same day, it was reported that Germany could significantly increase the rent for military bases for the United States on its territory as a response to Trump's threats to impose additional duties against eight NATO countries.

On January 17, Trump announced that Washington was imposing duties of 10% with the possibility of increasing up to 25% on a number of European countries due to the situation around Greenland. Starting from February 1, 2026, tariffs will apply to Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Finland.

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