Submission statement: the de facto tendrils of an autocratic state are taking control of global supply chains. Inb4 protectionism, replace China with **Russia** now try your argument again. Which means a whole bunch of things, preference given to downstream chinese suppliers to provide more lock in to china for certain supply chains, espionage, IP/tech theft. Meanwhile European/other global firms aren’t allowed to buyout chinese firms/must partner to set up shop in china.
>Analysis by Sayari of a sample of 62 Chinese-owned entities in the German supply chain showed how they had built up clusters in the country’s key carmaking hubs.
Also the question i would have is how to answer this
>”What I firmly believe is that many [European] suppliers will increasingly run into difficulties, because if you are not willing to work with the Chinese instead of against them, you will not be able to keep up with the pace of change that is coming,” he said.
Why cant europeans given there massive head start, existing capital, simply keep china in the rear view mirror. Why are western businesses in general so extremely slow, well any business that actually has to make physical things? What makes them so slow?
Also i posted this as a gift article…..so idk about copy pasting the whole thing, i wont do it but if someone else does it well what can you do
Otherwise_Young52201 on
>In 2024, the EU imposed additional duties on Chinese EV manufacturers including BYD on top of its existing 10 per cent tariff on car imports after probing the impact of state subsidies on the companies.
>The latest plans by Brussels to impose stringent local-content rules that require the use of Europe-made car parts and labour have also given the Chinese an added impetus for investing in the bloc.
>Policymakers have been concerned about ongoing Chinese investments in the continent’s automotive supply chain, with one EU official describing the China threat to the region’s car sector as “the challenge of the decade for Europe”.
-Discouraged from exporting cars to Europe
-Also discouraged from investing in Europe to build supply chains
Yeah, China can hardly be blamed for not taking European complaints about trade seriously.
ctant1221 on
Maybe Europeans should learn how to make cars that aren’t shit at a decent price?
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No war like trade war
Submission statement: the de facto tendrils of an autocratic state are taking control of global supply chains. Inb4 protectionism, replace China with **Russia** now try your argument again. Which means a whole bunch of things, preference given to downstream chinese suppliers to provide more lock in to china for certain supply chains, espionage, IP/tech theft. Meanwhile European/other global firms aren’t allowed to buyout chinese firms/must partner to set up shop in china.
>Analysis by Sayari of a sample of 62 Chinese-owned entities in the German supply chain showed how they had built up clusters in the country’s key carmaking hubs.
Also the question i would have is how to answer this
>”What I firmly believe is that many [European] suppliers will increasingly run into difficulties, because if you are not willing to work with the Chinese instead of against them, you will not be able to keep up with the pace of change that is coming,” he said.
Why cant europeans given there massive head start, existing capital, simply keep china in the rear view mirror. Why are western businesses in general so extremely slow, well any business that actually has to make physical things? What makes them so slow?
Also i posted this as a gift article…..so idk about copy pasting the whole thing, i wont do it but if someone else does it well what can you do
>In 2024, the EU imposed additional duties on Chinese EV manufacturers including BYD on top of its existing 10 per cent tariff on car imports after probing the impact of state subsidies on the companies.
>The latest plans by Brussels to impose stringent local-content rules that require the use of Europe-made car parts and labour have also given the Chinese an added impetus for investing in the bloc.
>Policymakers have been concerned about ongoing Chinese investments in the continent’s automotive supply chain, with one EU official describing the China threat to the region’s car sector as “the challenge of the decade for Europe”.
-Discouraged from exporting cars to Europe
-Also discouraged from investing in Europe to build supply chains
Yeah, China can hardly be blamed for not taking European complaints about trade seriously.
Maybe Europeans should learn how to make cars that aren’t shit at a decent price?