Since 2013, Kaeser has accompanied Chancellor Angela Merkel on a total of nine state visits abroad,[5] including to China (2014, 2016,[6] 2018)[7] India (2015),[8] Egypt (2017),[9] Tunisia (2017), Argentina (2017), Mexico (2017) and Saudi Arabia (2017).[10] He also travelled with Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel to the US and Mexico in 2017.