In the view of the former head of the Munich Security Conference, Wolfgang Ischinger, the German Chancellor’s visit to Beijing fell short of expectations. “I had hoped that there might not only be a repetition, but a certain further strengthening of the rejection of the use of nuclear weapons”, Ischinger told Table.Briefings. Overall, the Chinese […]
This trip to China led back to the future. Olaf Scholz’s trip with a large business delegation could have been from the era of every German chancellor since the late 1990s, when German business with China was booming, without any self-doubt or suspicions. And we have seen the fishing for concessions regarding Russia’s war against […]
The unusually large contingent of three ministers almost resembled the format of the government consultations held every two years – and not a routine trip by the Federal Chancellor to China. However, Environment Minister Steffi Lemke, Agriculture Minister Cem Oezdemir (both Green Party), and Transport and Digital Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) did not hesitate to […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit to Beijing encapsulates Germany’s whole China dilemma in one trip. Business leaders are there because they want to invest more and expand local production. His first appointment on Sunday was therefore devoted to promoting German green technology, writes Christiane Kuehl.In parallel, the Chancellor wants to call for balanced trade, meaning […]
Like other European and US politicians before him, Chancellor Scholz apparently wants to discuss Chinese overcapacity and cheap exports in Beijing. Is he setting the right priorities?I actually consider overcapacity and the associated export flood the most important economic problem. Because they could jeopardize our production base. It is an even graver problem than the […]
When German Chancellor Olaf Scholz travels to Beijing on April 15, he will not be joined by a Federation of German Industries (BDI) representative. As Table.Briefings has learned from political and business circles, the BDI has not even applied to participate this time.The Chancellery declined to include a BDI representative on the most recent official […]
Politicians in the EU and USA call for more balanced trade with China. But instead, there is a threat of even more dumping. A new study shows that cheap solar cells and electric cars are just the beginning. In order to support the economy, China’s provinces are building more and more factories, which offload their […]
The Chinese government has urged its EV manufacturers to switch from Western Taiwanese products to domestic microchips wherever possible, Bloomberg reported. The transition to semiconductor self-sufficiency is to be achieved as quickly as possible. To this end, customers will have to switch to Chinese chips, and the domestic semiconductor industry needs orders to make the […]
China is not weakening us – “we are weakening ourselves.” This is the ruthless assessment of the overall situation by geopolitical strategist Grégoire Roos in an interview with Michael Radunski. Roos says that China is merely exploiting the huge gaps left by Europe and the USA by not standing up for what they believe in.After […]
Bahtiyar Altindag was appointed Senior Manager for Quality Management Market & Customer at Mercedes in Beijing earlier this month. He previously held the position of Manager for Measurement Technology Pilotplant at Mercedes in Germany.Tobias Mueller was appointed Team Coordinator Product Management Connectivity & Intelligent Cockpit at Audi in Beijing at the beginning of March. Previously, […]
