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GERMAN BUSINESS
Germany is the world's third largest economy, German is a key language in the European Union and the new economies of Central and Eastern Europe. Learning German improves your chances of success on the job market. Multinational business opportunities exist throughout the European Union and in the Eastern European countries, where German is the second most spoken language after Russian. Companies need international partners. The Japanese, who have the 2nd most powerful economy in the world, understand the business advantages that a knowledge of German will bring them: 68% of Japanese students study German.
Union's gross domestic product. It is heavily reliant on foreign trade - it is the world's largest exporter and the second largest importer. With motor vehicles and industrial systems, chemicals and electronic devices to the fore, German products are sold in virtually all of the world's countries.
If you're looking for employment in the United States, knowing German can give you great advantages. German companies account for 800,000 jobs in the United States, and US companies have created approximately the same number of jobs in Germany. Most surveyed companies in the United States would choose someone with German literacy over an equally qualified candidate.
Austria takes over £1 billion of UK goods each year and has a long-established role in trade between Eastern and Western Europe. With over 40% of its borders being with former Eastern Bloc countries, Austria, and particularly Vienna, has an important role to play in trade with these emerging markets. Over 1000 foreign companies are already tackling these markets from Austrian bases - and using German to communicate.
Whilst German ranks 12th in the world in terms of the number of people who speak the language, it ranks third when measured in terms of GNP ($1,000 billion), behind only English and Japanese.
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