Germany–United States relations

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Today, Germany and the United States are geopolitical and commercial trade partners. The two countries maintain a historically rooted but increasingly strained partnership. While they remain NATO allies with deep economic ties, public confidence in the relationship—especially in Germany—has deteriorated significantly amid disagreements over trade, security burdens, and foreign policy. In the mid and late 19th century, millions of Germans migrated to farms and industrial jobs in the United States, especially in the Midwest. Later, the two nations fought each other in World War I (1917–1918) and World War II (1941–1945). After 1945 the U.S., with the United Kingdom and France, occupied Western Germany and built a demilitarized democratic society. West Germany achieved independence in 1949. It joined NATO in 1955, with the caveat that its security policy and military development would remain closely tied to that of France, the UK and the United States. While West Germany was becoming a Western...

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