After the elections, what comes next? How will the new Congress and administration affect your business? The policy team from the Representative of German Industry and Trade (RGIT) in Washington, D.C. provided a debrief on the election results and potential…
On October 31, RGIT held a virtual "Fireside Chat" with Dr. Christoph Schemionek, President and CEO of RGIT, and Peter Sparding, Senior Vice President and Director of Policy at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. They…
Dr. Achim Dercks, Deputy Managing Director of the DIHK, visited Washington last week and held meetings with numerous US authorities and local think tanks. On Thursday, RGIT hosted a panel discussion on "Investing in Friendship - German FDI in the…
The Bureau of Economic Analysis of the US Department of Commerce has published current Foreign Direct Investments for 2023. German companies' investment grew to 658 billion USD. This makes Germany the third largest direct investor in the US behind Japan…
A delegation with representatives of German digital companies visited Washington this week. The group was led by Thomas Koenen and Stefanie Stündel of the BDI's Digitalization and Innovation department. While in DC, they had a chance to meet with representatives…
Heiko Willems, Department Head of the Brussels office of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), visited with the Representative of German Industry and Trade in Washington DC this week. During two roundtable discussions with stakeholders from politics and business, he…
In the beginning of March, BDI President Dr. Siegfried Russwurm, DIHK Vice President Kirsten Schoder-Steinmueller, and a delegation of distinguished German business representatives visited Washington as part of the Transatlantic Business Initiative (TBI). During their four-day-long excursion, the participants met…
Together with the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce (DGIC), we presented the results of the latest German American Business Outlook (GABO) survey in Washington, DC. The President and CEO of the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce, Dr. Christoph…
AI regulation is gathering momentum both in Europe and the US. The Biden Administration recently issued an Executive Order on AI and Congress is in the early phases of considering AI legislation. Meanwhile, in the EU, draft AI legislation has…
Vom 30. bis 31. Mai fand im schwedischen Luleå das vierte Treffen des Trade and Technology Council (TTC) statt. Vertreter der EU und der USA diskutierten über gemeinsame Vorgehen, unter anderem in den Bereichen Künstliche Intelligenz, Standardisierung, Quantentechnologie sowie über…