Editorial 21.04.2023

Is it the all-clear? According to a new economic study, profit flows from China to Germany are not as high as the dependency debate would suggest. In some years it was only in the single-digit billions. The study was conducted by the Bertelsmann Foundation, IW, Merics and BDI, some of the most important actors for economic policy assessments on China. Moreover, since German companies generate the capital for investments in China’s domestic market, no funds flow out of Germany.