Vienna, April 6, 2026 \u2013 It was April 2, 2025 \u2013 the so-called \u201eLiberation Day.\u201c Donald Trump announced comprehensive tariffs on almost all imports into the USA in the Rose Garden of the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A year later, the consequences are noticeable\u2014and more lasting than many had hoped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Europe's Dilemma<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n European companies are caught between three fronts: American protectionism, Chinese In Germany, the profit margin of companies outside the financial sector has in the last three Regarding Austria<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Austria's export economy is heavily dependent on stable trade relations. Mechanical engineering, automotive suppliers, chemicals \u2013 all these sectors are feeling the headwinds from Washington and Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the same time, Germany's trade with Eastern Europe is growing more strongly than its overall foreign trade. Poland is gaining importance as a partner. An opportunity \u2013 but also a last resort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The New Normal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Economists expect global growth of 2.4 to 2.5 percent for 2026 \u2013 below pre-crisis levels. The recession is over. A real recovery is not materializing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Two Sides of Power<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tariffs are not economic policy \u2013 they are power politics. Trump is weaponizing trade. Europe must decide: Play along or develop its own strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Time is running out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n YANUS continues to analyze: Which Austrian industries are most affected?<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After \u201eLiberation Day\u201c 2025, the old global trade order is history. What this means for Austrian and German companies. Vienna, 6.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\nMehr lesen: {url}\n\n{tags}\n#YANUS","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[1,33,20],"tags":[54,52,41],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europa","category-welt","category-wirtschaft","tag-europa","tag-wirtschaft","tag-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/yanus.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-04-06-21-50-06-cb1aa2ee-9994-420c-8827-f4fe60b7772e.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yanus.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yanus.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yanus.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yanus.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yanus.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/yanus.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2578,"href":"https:\/\/yanus.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions\/2578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yanus.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yanus.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yanus.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yanus.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"WP","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Overcapacity, regional political instability. Business confidence is shaken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
fallen by 5 percentage points over years \u2013 significantly more in some industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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