How do you perceive the current situation?We naturally see the competitive advantages that some Asian players enjoy in Europe. These advantages have a noticeable commercial impact. If competitors can rely on significant cost advantages that are not just based on innovative business models, but also on a lack of legal enforcement, then that is a […]
What if all horror scenarios suddenly become reality – and China actively tries to conquer Taiwan? A new analysis by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) explains that the European Union could use targeted sanctions to deter China from attacking Taiwan: Europe’s greatest leverage in this regard would be access to the European market. […]
China is investigating the US fashion group PVH over accusations of boycotting cotton and other products from the province of Xinjiang. PVH, which owns brands such as Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, is acting without any factual basis and is therefore violating the rights of Chinese companies and China’s development interests, according to the Ministry […]
EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra has criticized China for subsidies on cleantech. “We really do have a China problem”, Hoekstra said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. “It cannot be that our companies go bankrupt because the market is flooded with state-subsidized products”, he added. “That will end up killing European industry and we will […]
Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Sany is entering the European market and plans to produce in Europe from 2026. The company is in advanced talks with a customer for a first contract, which it hopes to conclude by the end of the year, Managing Director of Sany Renewable Energy Paulo Fernando Soares told Reuters on Tuesday.Three […]
During a visit to Washington, Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs Dirk Beljaarts emphasized the importance of China as a trading partner. He stressed that the Dutch semiconductor manufacturer ASML must be allowed to “do business as freely as possible.” However, he also said that the purpose of his meeting with US Deputy Secretary of Commerce […]
Monetary policy may often seem unspectacular to many Western observers, but we are currently in a phase where central banks draw a lot of attention: Market participants closely follow the interest rate decisions of the US Fed or the European ECB, hoping that the central banks will take appropriate measures to both keep inflation in […]
On Monday, the leadership of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), including co-leader Lars Klingbeil, deputy leader Anke Rehlinger, parliamentary group leader Rolf Muetzenich and several MPs, met with representatives of the Chinese Communist Party in Berlin. Topics discussed included the war in Ukraine, China’s role as a possible mediator, as well as transformation and rule […]
According to a Reuters report, the US Department of Commerce intends to ban the import and sale of Chinese software and hardware for connected, autonomous EVs driving on American roads. It justifies the planned measure with growing safety concerns. The proposed regulation would ban importing and selling vehicles from China that contain communication or automated […]