11.03.2024_Edi

Last weekend, our deputy editor-in-chief Helene Bubrowski accompanied Germany’s Economy Minister Robert Habeck on a visit to the US. There, Habeck tried to explain Germany’s China strategy to his American counterparts: More skepticism when doing business with China – but no outright decoupling. Conversely, the Biden administration demanded more pressure on China and reduced trade. Yet it is the United States itself that is the largest buyer of Chinese goods.