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Politicians and businesses are currently intensely discussing how to reduce economic dependence on China. A new study has come to the surprising conclusion: This dependence is not as high as believed.

According to a new study, Germany’s economy is far less dependent on China in most sectors than is generally assumed. This is the conclusion of a study published on Thursday by the Bertelsmann Foundation, the German Economic Institute (IW), the China Institute Merics and the Federation of German Industries. The study systematically analyzed the profit situation of German companies in China – according to its own information for the first time ever – including special analyses of Bundesbank data.

Study sees hardly any German dependencies on China

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