1 :: Germany is the most important trading partner for almost all European and many non-European countries.

2 :: Germany is the fifth largest trading partner of the U.S. after Canada, Japan, Mexico and China.

3 :: More than 750 U.S. companies do business in Germany.

4 :: Germans have one of the highest per capita incomes of the world.

5 :: Germans spend the most on tourism worldwide, and the U.S. is their first travel destination overseas.

6 :: Germany is the largest market in Europe and the third largest market worldwide for telecommunication products.

7 :: Speaking German improves business relationships with partners in Germany, the third largest industrial nation and one of the most important exporting countries in the world

8 :: A knowledge of German improves your chances in the job market, both with many German companies abroad and with foreign companies in German-speaking countries and in the European Union.

German is a strong partnership in global business