{"id":569390,"date":"2025-11-14T07:54:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T07:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/569390\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T07:54:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T07:54:25","slug":"germany-rethinks-china-policy-as-trade-risks-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/569390\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany rethinks China policy as trade risks exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> Germany has appointed an expert commission to rethink its trade policy toward China after recent export restrictions on rare earths highlighted the country\u2019s vulnerability. The move accelerates a \u201cde-risking\u201d strategy aimed at reducing Germany\u2019s economic dependence on its largest trading partner. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"455\" data-end=\"795\">The commission, composed of industry representatives, labor groups, and think tanks, will deliver actionable recommendations to the government on energy, raw material imports, and Chinese investment in critical infrastructure. The initiative comes just before Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil travels to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/news\/richemont-beats-sales-forecast-as-cartier-and-luxury-watches-soar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China<\/a> to address EU trade concerns, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News.Az<\/a> reports, citing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"797\" data-end=\"1156\">Germany has long benefited from access to China\u2019s massive market, but Beijing\u2019s export curbs, particularly on rare earths\u2014of which Germany imports about 80%\u2014revealed the risks of overreliance. A study by the German Economic Institute found that, despite a 2023 strategy recommending \u201cde-risking,\u201d the country\u2019s dependency on China remains largely unchanged.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1158\" data-end=\"1449\">Experts warn that while import dependency is concentrated in a few product areas, these could have significant economic consequences. \u201cThe elephant in the room is the dependency,\u201d said Jens Eisenschmidt, Chief Europe Economist at Morgan Stanley, noting that full decoupling is unrealistic.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1451\" data-end=\"1799\">Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who took office in May, initially prioritized relations with the U.S. and global stability issues, but China\u2019s restrictions have made trade vulnerabilities impossible to ignore. Recent supply chain disruptions, including tensions over Dutch chipmaker Nexperia, have further underscored the need for a strategic rethink.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Germany has appointed an expert commission to rethink its trade policy toward China after recent export restrictions on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[1395,121105,2000,299,1824,180791,49697],"class_list":{"0":"post-569390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-china","9":"tag-china-policy","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-germany","13":"tag-germany-rethinks-china-policy","14":"tag-lars-klingbeil"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115546977928134652","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}