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- German companies cut first-half 2026 direct investments in the United States to €4.3 billion, the lowest since 2023.
- The cut equals a near-two-thirds year-on-year decline and about an 80 percent fall from 2024.
- Samina Sultan said the trend has continued since President Donald Trump began his second term in January 2025.
- Sultan added that firms in the United States are reinvesting earnings, despite the EU’s $600 billion pledge to avoid heavy U.S. tariffs.
