Germany's economic relations with Indo-Pacific countries and China

Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5900/SU_FASS_WP.2025.51834

The main objective of this study is to analyse Germany’s economic relations with the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) countries and India. We will focus on trade and investment relations between Germany and China as well as the other Indo-Pacific countries. The results of our work make it clear that Germany’s main interest in the region lies in its economic relations with China. At the same time, Germany is China’s most important trading partner in Europe. This is followed at some distance by Japan, South Korea, India, and Australia. Overall, there is an upward trend in trade and investment relations with other RCEP countries.