Image — Employees work on the assembly line of Volkswagen Tayron at a whole-vehicle manufacturing base of the Chinese-German joint venture FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Co Ltd on 5 December 2019 in Tianjin, China. Photo credit: Copyright © VCG/Contributor/Getty Image

Image — Employees work on the assembly line of Volkswagen Tayron at a whole-vehicle manufacturing base of the Chinese-German joint venture FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Co Ltd on 5 December 2019 in Tianjin, China. Photo credit: Copyright © VCG/Contributor/Getty Image

Rethinking German policy towards China: Prospects for change in the post-Merkel era

This briefing paper tracks the evolution of Germany’s policy towards China in recent decades, founded on what was long viewed as a one-way economic bet for German business, and examines the drivers of a gradual shift in approach.

Authors

  • Managing Editor, Rhodium Group; Senior Visiting Fellow, Asia Programme, German Marshall Fund of the United States

  • Research paper
  • 26 May 2021
  • 1 min read

Authors

  • Managing Editor, Rhodium Group; Senior Visiting Fellow, Asia Programme, German Marshall Fund of the United States

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