Tag: World trade
China is cutting subsidies for e-cars in the new year
Inside Auto Shanghai 2021 China, the world’s largest car market, has set a target of 20 percent alternative drives in car sales by 2025. (Photo: Bloomberg) Beijing China will cut…
The world’s largest free trade zone is launched
Zhoushan port in China The leadership in Beijing wants to position itself as a counterweight to the USA in global trade. (Photo: imago images / ZUMA Wire) Dusseldorf, Beijing, Tokyo,…
The world is out of step
The scarcity of goods makes economic action necessary. In a market economy, prices are the most important control instruments for ensuring that scarce goods are used in the best possible…
The future of free trade lies with Robert Habeck
Berlin The President of the Federal Association of Wholesale, Foreign Trade, Services (BGA), Dirk Jandura, considers the federal government’s plans for new trade agreements to be inadequate. The commitment to…
The dark side of globalization
Global supply chains used to be the last thing policymakers worried about. For a long time, it was almost exclusively economists who were concerned with the potential efficiency gains and…
How digital nationalism slows globalization and the world economy
Rarely has an anniversary triggered such diverse reactions as that of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization 20 years ago. WTO Director General Okonjo-Iweala spoke of a “decisive event…
Foreign policy: Baerbock versus Scholz – The first practical test
Baerbock and Scholz Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Chancellor Olaf Scholz have to take a strong stand against China and Russia. (Photo: Reuters) At first glance, the new federal government…
China shock not overcome after 20 years
Berlin / Beijing For some it is a success story, for others a curse. China’s accession to the World Trade Organization 20 years ago still causes controversial assessments, but in…
Resolution of the supply chain problems is looming
Port in Hamburg Most economic researchers assume that the German economy will contract slightly towards the end of the year. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The prospects for German companies appear to…
Love of one’s homeland becomes a national duty
Home is not a place, but a feeling, sang rock legend Herbert Grönemeyer in the late 1990s. At the time, that was also in line with the spirit of the…
Love of one’s homeland becomes a national duty
Home is not a place, but a feeling, sang rock legend Herbert Grönemeyer in the late 1990s. At the time, that was also in line with the spirit of the…
New book by Michael Hüther on Corona and globalization
EU flag and US flag on a roller coaster in Hamburg The West also sees globalization as a risk of being left behind by China – and is forming an…
China uses technology standards as an instrument of industrial policy
Beijing Different technology standards could lead to China becoming increasingly decoupled from the rest of the world, warns the EU Chamber of Commerce in Beijing. China’s state-driven standard-setting and its…
Supply chains worldwide at risk: supply chain problems are worsening
Berlin World trade is currently hit twice as hard. While the supply chains are suffering from the consequences of the previous pandemic waves, the Omikron virus variant is now being…
Supply chains worldwide at risk: supply chain problems are worsening
Berlin World trade is currently hit twice as hard. While the supply chains are suffering from the consequences of the previous pandemic waves, the Omikron virus variant is now being…
The traffic jam in world trade is slowly dissolving
Global trends Handelsblatt International correspondent Torsten Riecke analyzes interesting data and trends from all over the world in his column every week. You can reach him at [email protected]. (Photo: Klawe…
Rail bundles freight traffic to and from China in a new company
Freight wagons Traffic between Asia and Europe is currently being handled on ten routes. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The freight transport subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, DB Cargo, is bundling transport to…
Supply chain problems in world trade are coming to a head
Container port in the UK In the country, a total of 77 percent of companies would have to adapt their supply chains. (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to a DIHK survey,…
Hapag-Lloyd does not see the end of the bottlenecks before February 2022
Dusseldorf Hapag-Lloyd boss Rolf Habben Jansen has bad news for Germany’s importers. “There will be no relaxation in sea transport until the Chinese New Year celebrations at the beginning of…
Fight climate change with the help of climate tariffs
It’s halftime in Glasgow. Whether the climate summit failed or whether it will bring some progress in the fight against global warming will probably only be known at the end…