Germany is one of Houston’s biggest trading partners. We take an in-depth look at the path of goods from Houston to Hamburg, the different ways the cities address pollution and provide an update on the negotiations for a new trade pact between the European Union and the United States.
Posted on · Germany is now Houston’s seventh-largest foreign trading partner, with combined exports and imports at nearly $10 billion a year and rising. Hamburg is the home of Germany’s largest port, while the Port of Houston is the largest in Texas and second largest in the U.S.
Posted on · The Port of Hamburg, like the Port of Houston, is dealing with the growing pains that come with rapid expansion.
Posted on · Support from Germany, Europe’s largest economy and export powerhouse, is essential to the success of a U.S.-European Union free trade deal. But more than a third of Germans say, “Nein.”
Posted on · Germany is second only to the U.K. as a source of foreign direct investment in Texas. That investment helps support tens of thousands of jobs across the state, including nearly 4,000 in Greater Houston.
Support for this series was provided by the RIAS Berlin Kommission, sponsor of the German-American Journalist Exchange Program, and by RTDNA, co-sponsor of the program.