09/13/2022_Edi_Trade

if a manufacturer does not need kilometer-long production lines, critical materials such as lithium or electrical parts for its products, one could quickly think that it would be possible to turn its back on China without further ado. Take software manufacturer SAP, for example. But it’s not that simple, as Clas Neumann, vice president of SAP in Shanghai, explains in an interview. Neumann is responsible for the SAP Global Labs Network and thus has deep insights into the interconnections and mutual dependencies of software development in the People’s Republic and the rest of the world.