Das IfM Bonn fordert eine KMU-Perspektive bei Gesetzen, besonders beim De-Risking von China. Deutsche Exporte nach China sanken, Importe stiegen. Mittelständler sind sich geopolitischer Risiken bewusst, doch betriebswirtschaftliche Hürden und regulatorische Auflagen erschweren die Reduzierung der Abhängigkeit.
As trade tensions with China escalate, EU officials are engaging Beijing to de-escalate while simultaneously preparing for a potential trade war to protect its industries from deindustrialisation. Brussels aims to acquire retaliatory tools to counter coercive trade practices.
China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning stated that European companies' commitment to expanding business in China is the strongest response to the 'de-risking' narrative. She highlighted the robust growth in China-EU trade and investment over 50 years, emphasizing that complementary advantages and integrated interests are not risks or threats, and urged the EU to view economic relations rationally and expand cooperation.
Bitcoin ETFs saw over $1 billion in outflows, the largest in seven weeks, driven by US investors amid Iran-related tensions, rising oil prices, and higher interest rates. Analysts debate if this is profit-taking or the start of institutional de-risking.
Tazara has secured a US$1.4 billion investment from China's CCECC to establish a Chinese-controlled logistics chain from mining pits to Dar es Salaam port. Meanwhile, officials from Angola, DRC and Zambia are working to achieve interoperability, linking the Atlantic port of Lobito with Indian Ocean ports at Dar es Salaam and Mozambique.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s fourth visit to Beijing in four years has once again drawn attention across Europe and the Atlantic, but perhaps less scepticism than before. In an era marked by intensifying US-China rivalry, geopolitical fragmentation and the European Union’s emphasis on “de-risking”, Spain’s sustained engagement with China is often seen as a strategic divergence from Brussels. That reading, however, underestimates both Spain’s intentions and the broader shift under way...
