Let’s take a look into the future: In January 2025, just under nine months from now, who do you think will be in the White House? And who will lead the EU Commission?No think tank has the capacity to tell fortunes. We look at the democratic processes. We all know that the situation in the […]
The apps of online providers Temu, Shein and AliExpress lead the download charts in Germany and Europe. These Chinese platforms ship most of their products duty-free to Europe. Cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) threatens to become another trade problem for the EU market.Most of these inexpensive exports reach the EU market through direct shipping from China, primarily […]
Visable has been under the Alibaba umbrella for over six months now. What is your impression so far? Alibaba is, of course, a huge company compared to us. We have 500 employees and are still a small company in comparison. There are some interesting situations when a large corporation and a medium-sized company meet.Such as?Alibaba […]
When China’s head of state Xi Jinping meets President Emmanuel Macron in Paris at the beginning of next week to mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries, he is unlikely to hide his displeasure at the EU investigation into EV state subsidies. After all, France was the main driver behind Brussels‘ […]
China.Table falsely reported in its April 25, 2024 issue that Jens Hildebrandt would become BASF’s new “Managing Director” in China. Hildebrandt will actually become Vice President Government Relations Greater China at BASF, based in Beijing, effective July 1, but he will not manage the business. The term “BASF CEO” in the headline is also incorrect. […]
On Wednesday, the European Parliament definitively passed the EU Supply Chain Law. With 374 votes in favor, 235 against, and 19 abstentions, the members accepted the outcome of the trilogue negotiations. Although the Commission, Council, and Parliament had already agreed on a text in mid-December, the member states made significant changes in the committee of […]
AHK China head Jens Hildebrandt is moving to BASF China and will become the company’s key contact to the Chinese government. The company made the announcement on Wednesday. Hildebrandt will become Vice President Government Relations Greater China, based in Beijing, effective 1 July, succeeding Joerg Wuttke.Since August 2018, Hildebrandt has been the Delegate of German […]
Jozef Kaban, previously Chief Designer at Volkswagen, is moving to the Chinese car manufacturer SAIC and will take over design responsibility for the MG brand as Vice President of the Global Design Center at SAIC’s Shanghai headquarters. Danni Wang took over the China Product Project Management Digitalization at Audi China in April. The economist, who […]
The ban on products from forced labor has cleared another hurdle in the EU. On Tuesday, the European Parliament in Strasbourg voted by a large majority in favor of seizing such products at borders and banning them from the market. The regulation aims to ban products manufactured using forced labor as defined by the International […]
The east coast of Taiwan was shaken by over 80 minor and moderate earthquakes at the start of the week. The strongest earthquake had a magnitude of 6.3 and struck the island on Tuesday morning local time. The earthquake could also be felt in the capital Taipei. However, the majority of the quakes on Monday […]