German exports will shrink next year for the first time since the global financial crisis over a decade ago, the DIHK Chambers of Industry and Commerce said on Wednesday, as Europe’s largest economy struggles to eke out growth in a slowing global market. The export-reliant economy has been hurt by a global slowdown, trade disputes caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ policies and business uncertainty linked to Britain’s planned but delayed departure from the European Union. “For our economy, with its strong industrial core, this is a huge challenge,” DIHK President Eric Schweitzer said when presenting the association’s latest business sentiment survey of more than 28,000 managers. DIHK said it expects Germany’s annual export growth to wither to 0.3% this year from 2.1% in […]