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Trade, Ukraine and new world order are top concerns on German leader's visit to China
Merz leads a delegation of top German industrialists to expand AI and electric vehicle partnerships amid rising trade deficit and geopolitical tensions with China, Germany's largest trading partner.
- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz considers China an important yet competitive economic partner for Germany and emphasizes the need for Europe to become stronger economically and militarily to navigate power politics.
- Merz warned about China's ambitions to define a new multilateral world order under its own rules and highlighted challenges to the rules-based international trade system posed by China.
- Recent concerns were expressed by Germany regarding Chinese subsidies, export restrictions, and China's support for Russia in the Ukraine conflict during high-level talks.
- Trade figures indicate growing imbalances between German imports from China and exports to China, contributing to Germany's trade concerns and discussions on economic competition.
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The German Chancellor flies to Beijing with a large economic delegation. In front of him, the Canadian and British counterparts were already waiting for him.
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German Chancellor Merz visits Beijing for talks on trade relations
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in China, seeking to rebalance the two countries’ trade relationship. Berlin was for years the driving force for closer EU relations with Beijing — as China took off economically, it was a huge market for Germany’s industrial exports. But that drive “appears to be a historic policy miscalculation,” Politico reported, comparable to Germany’s reliance on Russian energy, as China’s soaring industrial output …
Merz in Beijing: A chance to flip China’s “stability” narrative – European Council on Foreign Relations
Die Flaggen von Deutschland und China, im Aussenministerium. Peking, 08.04.2016. Copyright: Michael Gottschalk/picture alliance/photothek - Fotografiert im Auftrag des Auswärtigen Amts. | picture alliance / photothek | Michael Gottschalk Problem China will try to use German chancellor Friedrich Merz’s trip to Beijing on February 24 to bolster a narrative of “stability” amid turbulence unleashed by US president Donald Trump. Since Canadian prime …
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