Tag: Foreign investment
China is threatening the federal government indirectly
Foreign Minister Wang Yi A spokesman for the minister was not pleased with Habeck’s statements. (Photo: IMAGO/Xinhua) Beijing On Wednesday, China reacted angrily to the comments made by Federal Economics…
Economic consequences of suppressing the Uyghurs?
Berlin New revelations from a data leak show the extent of the persecution and mass detention in Xinjiang, northwest China. The publications, which China’s leadership dismissed as “slanderous,” upset German-Chinese…
Gerhard Schröder waives nomination for Gazprom’s supervisory board
Gerhard Schröder Even before the war in Ukraine, the former chancellor was criticized for his lobbying posts. (Photo: IMAGO/SNA) Berlin According to his own statements, ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder renounced his…
Russian gas company Gazprom confirms Schröder nomination for supervisory board
Gerhard Schröder The former chancellor has not only been under criticism since the Ukraine war. (Photo: AP) Berlin Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) has sharply criticized his party…
Research shows extent of mistreatment of Uyghurs
Beijing These are oppressive descriptions that an international media consortium published on Tuesday based on a large data leak. Thousands of previously secret documents show the alleged offenses for which…
FDP leader on the suppression of the Uyghurs in China
Christian Lindner Federal Minister of Finance: “There must be no velvet paws due to our economic interests.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin FDP leader Christian Lindner was appalled by the new photos…
Germany is becoming the EU’s problem child
Europe column Every week, Moritz Koch, head of the Handelsblatt office in Brussels, analyzes trends and conflicts, regulatory projects and strategic concepts from the inner workings of the EU. Because…
Quad states to commit to free Indo-Pacific
The leaders of the Quad States Want to fight illegal fishing (from left): Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, US President Joe Biden, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and India’s Prime…
Daimler Truck joins Manz for battery technology
Munich In Baden-Württemberg, a new alliance with a signal effect is formed. Daimler Truck, the world’s largest manufacturer of heavy trucks and buses, has secured around ten percent of the…
Biden’s new Asia strategy also harbors risks for Europe
Joe Biden and Fumio Kishida In Tokyo on Monday, Biden presented his “Indo-pacific Economic Framework” (IPEF), with which the USA wants to stand up to China in Asia. (Photo: IMAGO/Kyodo…
Investors vote to withdraw from Wall Street
Didi logo After going public on Wall Street, the company came under pressure. (Photo: imago images/Imaginechina-Tuchong) Beijing The shareholders of the Chinese taxi broker Didi are expected to seal the…
The long-term consequences of the Russian crisis weigh the heaviest
With regard to Russia’s war in Ukraine, two things are clear to German family businesses: They will feel the consequences of this war for a long time – and the…
Otto wants to take over Deutsche Euroshop completely
Altmarkt Gallery in Dresden The shopping center is part of the Deutsche Euroshop portfolio. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Major shareholder Alexander Otto wants to completely incorporate the shopping center investor Deutsche…
Joe Biden is considering abolishing Trump’s China tariffs
Joe Biden in Tokyo In Tokyo, Biden also spoke about the possibility of lifting his predecessor’s punitive tariffs. (Photo: Reuters) Tokyo In view of the high rate of inflation, the…
LPG from Qatar can only be part of the solution
Energy partnership with Qatar Buyers from Germany shouldn’t think that the Qataris will agree to short-term contracts. (Photo: dpa) The Emir of Qatar is a shrewd businessman sitting on a…
Germany shouldn’t be surprised if India steals cheap Russian oil
Narendra Modi and Olaf Scholz The Global South suffers – without being able to help it – particularly badly from the consequences of the war. (Photo: Getty Images) Bangkok Anyone…
Asia’s new richest man is hated by climate activists – and worshiped on the stock market
Bangkok When Gautam Adani talks about the huge potential of his native India, he sounds a bit like a politician on an election campaign. In a recent speech in the…
“Managers are usually the real problem during transformation”
Dusseldorf He is not driven by ambition, but by passion. This is what someone says about himself, whom one would describe as old-fashioned as restless and in modern German perhaps…
Russia stops gas supplies to Finland
Gasum gas plant in Finland Gasum will supply gas from other sources to customers via the Balticconnector pipeline from now on and during the summer season. (Photo: dpa) Moscow, Espoo…
“I don’t want to sell all our gas to Germany”
Saad Sherida al-Kaabi Minister of State for Energy Affairs and President and CEO of QatarEnergy speaks at the Doha Forum. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin Saad Sherida al-Kaabi is a welcome guest…