Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong will visit Berlin and Hamburg in Germany from March 25 (Wednesday) to March 28. This will also be DPM Gan's first visit to Germany. In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) said the visit is intended to build bilateral relations and strengthen economic ties between Singapore and Germany. While in Berlin, DPM Gan will meet with German political leaders, including Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space Dorothee Bar, Federal Minister for Digitalisation and State Modernisation Karsten Wildberger, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Stefan Rouenhoff, and other members of the German federal parliament.MTI said these meetings are intended to affirm Singapore's growing trade and investment ties, as well as discuss opportunities to strengthen economic cooperation and partnerships between the two countries, and the broader European Union.DPM Gan is also expected to meet with German business chambers in Berlin. Read more