Whirlwind Week As German Medtechs Ponder Trump Effect And Whither Domestic Government

On Eve Of Medica, Industry Concern At Evolving Market Access Issues

German medtech revenue growth has slowed, profit margins are being eroded, and exporters fear harsher US market access conditions on the return to office of President-Elect Donald Trump. The week became even more momentous with news of the collapse of the German government.

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The re-election of Donald Trump as US President for the next four years has put Germany’s medtech and other high-tech exporters under increasing economic pressure, given the premier’s talk of stepping up protectionist measures and raising tariffs on imported goods.

At home in Germany, politics has been thrown into disarray following the collapse of the coalition SPD-Green-Liberal FDP government.

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