Why can’t Germany quit China?

In recent weeks bigname German companies Volkswagen and BASF have been in hot water they’ve been called out for their activities in shinjang an autonomous region in Northwest China home to around 12 million Wagers an ethnic group that suffered suppression by the Chinese government Volkswagen’s Chinese joint venture partner there saic is accused of

Using forced labor at a production facility in arumi BW says it’s found no evidence of abuse at arumi but that it’s yet to conduct an audit of the test track still it is reassessing its relationship with saic BASF meanwhile has been called out for alleged abuses by its Chinese partner maror based in

Corla maror staff are accused of spying on Wagers as a result BASF says it’s speeding up its withdrawal from the joint venture despite claiming it’s found no evidence of human rights violations

In the past decades, Germany’s export-driven economy has become heavily dependent on China. It’s often an uncomfortable relationship involving cars, rare earths, 5G tech – and human rights. In this explainer, DW Business examines the rise of this unique economic relationship and asks if German attempts to “de-risk” its ties with Beijing will work out.

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17 comments
  1. So they aren’t participating in human rights violations at their plants, they’re just financing it.

  2. I think I remember Volkswagen having some connections with a problematic totalitarian
    regime previously, but can't quite remember which one?? 😂

  3. Why would they want to quit ? Isn't globalization all the rage now? That is, the whole world to be inter-dependent on other countries via trade, and not to be locally independent and sustainable :D.

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