How Do We Deal with China’s State-Controlled Economy? In the election year of the EU Parliament, the BDI compiled 54 demands to counter problems with the state-dominated Chinese economy. We call for a ...
The BDI office in Beijing opened in September 2016, thereby providing German industry with a representation in the Middle Kingdom. Since January 2019, Stefan Gätzner serves as head of the representati ...
Growth or recession? Global economy at a crossroads As things stand, one major bad decision would be enough to tip the balance and endanger Europe’s economic growth. The federal government has no time ...
In an interview with the Passauer Neue Presse, the BDI President pleads for a strengthening and unification of Europe. Dieter Kempf expects more courage from politics in Germany. The task of the Grand ...
In the past, the China-related work of the BDI has concentrated, first and foremost, on issues affecting German companies in China. In a strategic position paper published in January, the BDI shifts i ...
Shock treatment. US protectionism and Brexit increasing risk of recession Global trade is likely to grow only marginally above the previous year’s level. Global economic growth will drop down to only ...
The accession of the People’s Republic of China to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2001 raised hopes around the world that the multilateral trading order would serve as a catalyst for far-reachi ...
An EU-China investment agreement is long overdue. So far, the negotiations for the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), which had started in 2013, are proving difficult at best. The CAI is so ...
Comments on the Second Draft of a Chinese National Export Control Law Late December 2019, Chinese authorities published a second draft of the People’s Republic’s export controls law. The revision is n ...
Ceasefire with limited durability At the beginning of 2020, the United States and China agreed on a "Phase One Deal" to settle some trade policy issues between the two powers. The agreement address ...
