Tag: dependency
Medium-sized companies are changing supply chains – dependency remains
Container terminal in China Many medium-sized companies remain dependent on the country. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf With tensions rising globally, many companies are trying to reduce their dependence on China. This…
Brandstätter in an interview about e-mobility & digitization
VW China boss Ralf Brandstätter For the first time in several years, Brandstätter has been in charge of Volkswagen’s China business since August, and he is also a member of…
Brandstätter in an interview about e-mobility & digitization
VW production in China Employees at the Volkswagen plant in Changchun assemble an Audi A6. The Volkswagen Group wants to develop more in China for China in the future. (Photo:…
Brandstätter in an interview about e-mobility & digitization
VW production in China Employees at the Volkswagen plant in Changchun assemble an Audi A6. The Volkswagen Group wants to develop more in China for China in the future. (Photo:…
Federal government wants to revise Africa strategy again
Berlin “We have to listen to each other,” says Annalena Baerbock (Greens) and looks at the audience in the Weltsaal in the Federal Foreign Office, and “address the wounds of…
Five graphs showing Germany’s dependence on China
flags Germany and China: The differences are big. (Photo: Imago Images) Berlin Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) is on a state visit to Beijing this Friday. There is a lot at…
The miscalculations of Olaf Scholz
Sometimes it’s the little scenes that can be as revealing as they are revealing. When the Chancellor was asked at the most recent EU summit why he was traveling to…
Why Europe must reduce its dependency on the USA
The Statue of Liberty Democracy in the US is in a balancing act and is in danger of tipping over. Externally, the USA presents itself in the role of the…
Why Europe must reduce its dependency on the USA
The Statue of Liberty Democracy in the US is in a balancing act and is in danger of tipping over. Externally, the USA presents itself in the role of the…
This is how the new China strategy is born
Berlin When she talks about her student days in Beijing shortly after the massacre on Tiananmen Square, Petra Sigmund thinks about how difficult it was in China in the early…
What to do against dependency & crises
Dusseldorf People had gotten used to it: for a decade the German economy was considered the economic powerhouse of Europe. The “sick man of Europe”, as the “Economist” called Germany…
German dependence on China is “going in the wrong direction at an enormous pace”
FAW Volkswagen factory in China According to an IW study, the German economy is much more dependent on China than vice versa. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the first half of…
German industry must not underestimate the China risk
Nightlife district in Hong Kong The corona protection measures in China are a major burden for many German companies. But compared to the possible consequences of political conflicts between China…
Nuclear power: EU energy ministers want to reduce dependency
nuclear power plant Europe needs to address its future energy security. (Photo: imago images/Westend61) Today, boosting our ambition to fight climate change must be part of Europe’s quest for strategic…
Nuclear power: EU energy ministers want to reduce dependency
nuclear power plant Europe needs to address its future energy security. (Photo: imago images/Westend61) Today, boosting our ambition to fight climate change must be part of Europe’s quest for strategic…
Nuclear power: EU energy ministers want to reduce dependency
nuclear power plant Europe needs to address its future energy security. (Photo: imago images/Westend61) Today, boosting our ambition to fight climate change must be part of Europe’s quest for strategic…
How geothermal energy can reduce dependency on Russian gas
geothermal plant Stadtwerke München wants to become climate-neutral by 2040 – with the help of geothermal energy. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The consulting firm DWR eco comes to very clear conclusions:…
Get out of dependency – especially on China
Til Reuter The former Kuka boss is now a start-up investor and a member of the board at Müllermilch. (Photo: Photothek/Getty Images) Berlin, Zurich The Ukraine war has turned companies…
Get out of dependency – especially on China
Til Reuter The former Kuka boss is now a start-up investor and a member of the board at Müllermilch. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Zurich The Ukraine war has turned companies into…
Deutsche Bank advises strategic raw material reserves
Aluminum ingot from Russia Germany is also dependent on imports from Russia and China for many raw metals. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt, Zurich According to Deutsche Bank, Germany and other European…