Survey: German SMEs feeling economic crunch from US trade policies

NAMPA / DPA

2026-03-14

Berlin (dpa) - Policies under US President Donald Trump are having a negative impact on more than half of German small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) with business ties to the United States, according to a survey by the German state-owned development bank KfW. The survey, which was conducted for the Sunday edition of the Welt newspaper and published on Saturday, found that 25% of the companies questioned reported "very negative" consequences a......

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