cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/57859030
German companies’ investments in China hit a four-year high in 2025, according to data compiled for Reuters
The data, from the IW German Economic Institute and previously unreported, showed investments in China climbed to over 7 billion euros ($8 billion) between January and November last year, up 55.5% from the 4.5 billion euros in 2024 and 2023.
“German companies are continuing to expand their activities in China – and at an accelerated pace,” Juergen Matthes, head of international economic policy at the IW institute, told Reuters, citing a trend to strengthen local supply chains.
German fan and motor maker ebm-papst said that last year it invested 30 million euros in the expansion of its Chinese operations, accounting for more than a fifth of total investments, in order to produce more where its customers are.
You can say the same about 2024 or 2023. They always boom because German companies won‘t learn a lesson to save their existence. They‘re living in the genuine believe the early 2010s can just be replicated if you throw enough money at China and act like the last decade never happened. This has nothing to do with the US whatsoever.