Port of Hamburg Magazine 2.2025
Transatlantic
A country like Germany places great value on free global trade. This applies all the more to international supply chain hubs such as the Port of Hamburg. And it is the reason why its stakeholders are continuously embarking on fresh partnerships and breaking down intercultural barriers.
With the announced energy transition, many countries in the Americas have come into focus for new collaborations with the Port of Hamburg. Vast quantities of hydrogen and its derivatives could be imported from here in the years ahead. The foundations have been laid and set out in numerous agreements. What matters now is implementation on both sides of the Atlantic.
While the Mercosur Agreement represents an attempt to reduce tariffs and establish a new level of cooperation between South American countries and the European Union, the United States of America currently presents a very different picture. Announcements and reversals of punitive tariffs are coming in quick succession, yet there are already more trade barriers with the United States than before. This situation is and remains poison for free trade. Professor Rolf Langhammer from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy analyses the motives behind the US President's actions in an interview that is well worth the read.
