Submission Statement: German firms' investments into China have reached a four-year high amidst Trump's dismantling of US involvement in global trade. This comes amidst other countries' reorientations economically towards China in light of the US trade war. China had previously reclaimed its spot as Germany's top trading partner in 2025 after having briefly lost its position in 2024.
Posted by Crossstoney
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So this was the real pivot to Asia
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It is funny how often these memes apply to the current state of US/world politics.
Imo I think this is reading too much into recent events
China is the 2nd largest or largest depending on how you measure economy on earth
Even with recent moving up the value chain things, there is massive demand for foreign machine tools or other expensive capital goods, and it remains attractive to make those goods there
Despite the talk of catastrophy, German and EU firms still make billions of dollars a year there. For example, despite a decline and losing the top brand spot, VW still sold 2 million cars in China. That’s about the same amount as they sold in the EU and North America combined
Idk. I just feel like the framing of this is off. EU firms will invest in China and Chinese firms will invest in Europe regardless of political climate (even if it helps!) because it just makes dollars and cents