{"id":36470,"date":"2026-08-10T13:06:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T08:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=36470"},"modified":"2026-08-10T13:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T08:06:32","slug":"german-trade-deficit-with-china-grows-as-beijing-relies-less-on-european-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=36470","title":{"rendered":"German trade deficit with China grows as Beijing relies less on European industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->By Rene Wagner<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->BERLIN, Aug 9 (Reuters) &#8211; Germany&#8217;s trade deficit with China widened in the first half of 2026, even as the Asian powerhouse remained its top trade \u200cpartner, preliminary data from state-run agency Germany Trade &amp; Invest (GTAI) showed on Sunday.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->German exports to \u200cChina fell over 12% year-on-year to just under \u20ac37 billion between January and June, the data showed, as Chinese firms cut \u200breliance on European imports, making China only the ninth-biggest market for German goods.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->As recently as 2021, China was the second-biggest export market. That year, Germany sold China merchandise worth \u20ac104 billion, despite the effects of the pandemic.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Now, German manufacturing is struggling with both U.S. tariffs and Chinese competition, triggering major job \u200ccuts at bulwarks of industry \u2060such as carmaker Volkswagen.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->China, though, is selling more and more to Germany.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->In the first half of last year, Germany ran a trade deficit of \u20ac40 billion \u2060with China. That had swelled to some \u20ac55 billion during the same period this year.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->German imports from China rose 8.9% to \u20ac91.8 billion over the period. Total trade was over \u20ac128 billion, \u20ac3 billion more than with the United \u200bStates.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->&#8220;The \u200breasons for declining exports to China are the weak \u200bdomestic economy and increasing (Chinese) focus on \u200cdomestic value chains,&#8221; said GTAI East Asia expert Corinne Abele.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->German firms are now producing more inside China itself, while China&#8217;s property crisis and cash-strapped regional governments are curbing investment, Abele added.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Far smaller economies like Austria and Switzerland have bought more German goods than China in 2026, the data showed.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->China&#8217;s diminishing reliance on Germany showed it is becoming more independent of Western powers and catching \u200cup technologically, said Commerzbank economist Vincent Stamer.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->China overtook the \u200bU.S. as Germany&#8217;s top trading partner in 2025 after U.S. \u200bPresident Donald Trump returned to the \u200bWhite House and launched protectionist tariff policies that have eroded German exports to \u200cthe United States.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The U.S. remains Germany&#8217;s single-biggest \u200bforeign market, but exports \u200bthere fell about 6% through June to just over \u20ac74 billion, Abele said. 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