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Andreas Jahn

Member of the Federal Executive Board at BVMW (German Association for SMEs), heading Government Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Secretary General of the SME Alliance Africa.

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PODCASTS

Jun 5, 2026

Business as usual: The German-Russia tie that won't die

Jun 5 · 22m

Daniel WinterHOST

5:20

But when you look at this from the outside, anybody would say who in their right mind is actually staying in Russia?

Andreas JahnGUEST

5:29

Definitely, that's the question.

Andreas JahnGUEST

5:31

And a lot of our entrepreneurs, they really are not very risk-affine.

Andreas JahnGUEST

5:38

They just are considering the business opportunities all around the world.

Andreas JahnGUEST

5:45

And if you see, for instance, the ASEAN region with one third of the global trade and also some trade agreements, free trade agreements like Mercosur.

Andreas JahnGUEST

6:00

So you can see those regions have a lot of dynamic and German SMEs are investing heavily in these regions.

Andreas JahnGUEST

6:09

And as a matter of fact, Russia for them is not of any importance.

5 MINS LATER

Daniel WinterHOST

11:20

Is that questioning of sanctions against Russia a rightful question in your view?