Author: EVA LAMBY-SCHMITT
Source: Voice of Germany
For Germany, China ranks first.At least from the perspective of trade, since 2016, China has replaced the United States as the largest trading partner in Germany.At the same time, China is also the most important market for many German Dax companies, especially the automotive industry.About 40%of new cars sold in China in Germany's largest automakers in China.This has also become a typical example of Germany's dependence on China.
Vera Philipps at the East Asian Affairs Office of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry also said that it can be used to use the word of this situation, but in general, she thinks it is mutual because we are quite powerful economic partners.
She said that China is the most important trading partner of Germany in the European Union.Germany is also the most important trading partner of China in the European Union.For example, Chinese companies rely on German chips, intelligent software production machines and robots.Relatively speaking, we basically reach trade balance: if we take a closer look at trade data, we will find a very slight trend.Last year, our imports from China exceeded exports.However, the gap is not large, the import amount is 110 billion, and the export value is 96 billion.
According to a study by the University of Heidelberg, despite the relatively balanced trade figures, German media have reported more and more German dependence on China.Researcher Zhu Yi analyzed more than 660 reports published by six different media since 2017 and compared numbers and statistical data.She later found that trade between China and Germany was often described as Germany's unilateral dependence on China.
Zhu Yi said that in fact, bilateral trade relations are much more complicated.For example, during the popularity of the new crown epidemic, Germany relied on Chinese masks, but at the same time, China rely on German's technical components to produce masks, such as manufacturing fiber spraying mouths.In Zhu Yi, it is clear that the German economy's dependence on China is only a consciousness of the existence of the German public society.
Ms. Philips of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry also believes that the actual dependence is different from the dependence.She said: For example, you can see how many jobs in Germany depend on exporting to China?It is estimated that it can reach up to 10 million.This sounds like a lot, but if we compare it with the total number of employment in Germany, we will realize that these can still be made up.
In addition, if the total trade amount is not considered and only depends on the export of Germany, the United States is the most important trading partner in Germany.According to a research report in Heidelberg, if VISEACUTE; Grad-Gruppe, the Central European countries, are together in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, then these countries are German's largest trading partners.In fact, the same is true.Germany's trade with these countries is 1.5 times that of China's trade.This makes the EU the most important trading partner in Germany.
Is Europe underestimated?This is an interesting discussion for Felipus of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry-especially when talking about the topic of Huawei and 5G, she said that three suppliers in the world have the ability to produce 5G equipment.Two of them are European manufacturers.Although China accounts for 50%of the world market, there are still two manufacturers from Europe.Ericsson in Sweden and Nokia in Finland are the most important competitors of Huawei.The German government is still hesitant to choose which technical equipment.Even if Europe's technical costs are relatively high and mature, they still have room for choice.
Professor Doris Fischer, a University of Verzburg, also believes that China and Germany are a kind of interdependent relationship between China and Germany.If this trade relationship breaks down, both China and Germany will suffer huge losses.Therefore, the planned European -China Investment Agreement is important for both parties.
Feidali believes that China plans to take the economy of retreating and self -defense is too exaggerated.She said that the double -loop strategy announced by China in May is not new, it is just a new look.What China wants to show is that it can develop independently in the crisis without relying on anyone.Nevertheless, global trade is still the best solution for China.
Feidali said: They already have such an idea: If there is a bad situation, we must be economical independence and not rely on anyone.This is different from lsquo; even in this case, we still want to develop rsquo; there is still a difference.In the eyes of the Chinese, the ideal situation is: as long as we do not always point at us, we are willing to cooperate with everyone.
Many people try to avoid criticism and suggestions on China for economic benefits.A survey results conducted by Times Weekly on Dax companies, which have business with China, showed that they rarely held a clear position on China's human rights issues.Feidali believes that all companies and Germany and Europe can negotiate with China more confidently to discuss the so -called sensitive issues.
According to Feidali's suggestion, various industries that seriously depend on the Chinese market can also consider whether to pay attention to other markets and further broaden their business categories.In addition, it is also important to negotiate with China as a whole, rather than signing a contract separately.The second is to have innovative ability.
She said: In terms of land area or population, China is of course many times in Germany.Therefore, Germany may have some dependence on China.Only by improving innovation capabilities and mastering key technologies can we reverse this situation.
