Political tensions and heightened tariffs could have tanked trade between the European Union and the United States last year, but a new study reveals that the bilateral exchange of goods and services actually reached a record high in 2025.
According to data released Friday by the German Economic Institute, known as IW, EU-U.S. trade hit $1 trillion in spite of both geopolitical and economic headwinds.
Exports from European markets to the U.S. grew by 7.7 percent from the previous year to 580 billion euros ($662.1 billion), while…