The United States are, since 2015, the most important trade partner of Germany...
The United States are, since 2015, the most important trade partner of Germany, for the first time surpassing France.
Destatis, the German Federal Statistics Office, recently announced in a statement that "assets estimated at a total of 173.2 billion euros changed hands between Germany and the United States in 2015".
Thus, "the United States were the most important trading partner of Germany in 2015, followed by France with 170.1 billion in assets, and the Netherlands, with 167.6 billion euros."
According to German official data, such a situation was not seen since the 70s.
