{
  "id": 7082250,
  "title": "German firms lift China investment as US outlays fall, IW study shows",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/german-firms-lift-china-investment-as-us-outlays-fall-iw-study-shows",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-13T08:29:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40439281/german-firms-lift-china-investment-as-us-outlays-fall-iw-study-shows"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Berlin: In the first half of 2026, German companies significantly increased their investment in China by 33%, while their investment in the United States dropped by nearly two-thirds, according to a study from the German Economic Institute (IW), revealed to Reuters on Sunday.\n\nGerman firms allocated €5.6 billion ($6.5 billion) more to China than in the same period last year, as per IW's evaluation of data from the Bundesbank. This investment level matched the typical half-year investment average from 2020 to 2025.\n\nIW's Juergen Matthes expressed that German businesses had no alternative but to persist in investing in China, considering it an essential sales market and a \"gym\" where companies can enhance their competitive edge. Matthes attributed the Chinese investment to state subsidies and an undervalued yuan, which made production in China artificially inexpensive, motivating German companies to expand within the country to compete with Chinese rivals worldwide.\n\nMatthes added, \"For Germany, this translates to production and jobs moving to China.\" He further suggested that the European Union should address this unfair practice by imposing countervailing tariffs on Chinese imports.\n\nMeanwhile, investment in the United States diminished by nearly two-thirds to approximately €4.3 billion, as outlined in the study. This decline was primarily attributed to trade tensions and US tariffs imposed by then-President Donald Trump.",
  "summary": "BERLIN: German companies increased investment in China by a third in the first half of 2026 while sharply reducing investment in the United States, according to a study by the German Economic Institute (IW) seen by Reuters on Sunday. German firms invested €5.6 billion ($6.50 billion) more in China than in the same period of the previous year, based on IW’s analysis of Bundesbank data. The figure…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}