Our stories about the Bremen economy

Working from home instead of in the office? A boom in online rather than retail business? The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating many trends. Silicon Valley is often seen as a forerunner in this development, but also finds value in old practices. Our insights into the United States.

Vietnam is one of the East Asian countries that have fared best during the coronavirus crisis. Indeed, its economy has actually grown strongly this year. This has presented foreign investors with opportunities in a number of industries.

The future lies in the Far East. In Yang Pu, to be precise. Find out more about the benefits that this new trade port offers for companies operating in China in the autumn 2020 edition of our Letters from China.

Will Silicon Valley soon be history? And are the market values of electric vehicle manufacturers like Nikola and Tesla justified? Here are some fresh insights from our Silicon Valley office into what is going on in the heartland of tech on the US west coast.

How is Turkey handling the coronavirus crisis? And why is Istanbul attracting investment of nearly US$ 2 billion from Silicon Valley?

How is Vietnam managing the coronavirus pandemic? Does the crisis represent a financial setback for this rapidly growing and modernising country? In this edition of our country newsletter for Vietnam we seek to answer these questions.

As the coronavirus crisis takes a firm hold on the global economy, we look at the supply chains between China and Bremen, report on Sino-German solidarity, and find out what the situation is in Shanghai.

Tim Ole Jöhnk works for the Northern Germany Innovation Office in Silicon Valley. We wanted to find out what the coronavirus pandemic is like for a German in California – and how he organises his working day online.

Will we soon be driving electric cars made in Turkey? And how did a former Werder Bremen player become surprisingly popular here? Our country newsletter provides insights into Turkey as a business location.

When things go wrong in Silicon Valley, they do so spectacularly. What can Germany learn from the billion-dollar failure of WeWork? Read about this and other topics in our January newsletter – straight from the USA.

What makes Vietnam – a socialist state – so interesting to western companies? In this edition of our country newsletter for Vietnam we seek to answer this question, and we also report on the country’s most exciting start-ups.

Rail not sea – is the train an alternative route for transporting goods to China? Just one of the topics in the November issue of our country newsletter China, in which we regularly report on the latest trends, developments and other news.

Experience Silicon Valley at first hand with Bremeninvest! Tim Ole Jöhnk, our man in Silicon Valley, is inviting representatives from the food and supply chain industries to join a delegation on a visit to Silicon Valley. More on this and other exciting stories in the September newsletter.

What does the new free trade agreement mean for German businesses? And how is Vietnam benefiting from the trade dispute between the US and China? In our country newsletter for Vietnam, we regularly report on the latest trends, developments and other news from the Far East.

Despite the trade dispute, China remains a key import and export market for Bremen companies. That is why our country newsletter regularly reports on the latest trends, developments and other topical news from China.

The economic ties between Germany and Turkey go back centuries, and the dynamic country on the Mediterranean is still a great place to do business. Our regular Letters from Turkey showcase why.

Robots in the office and block groves in the kitchen? Our man in Silicon Valley, Tim Ole Jöhnk, has tracked down unknown shooting stars, new technologies and trends from Silicon Valley that could be exciting for Bremen companies.