German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called for greater caution in trade China. She remembered it GermanEurope’s largest economy must learn from the rupture of relations with Russia.
“We need to align our policy, but above all the economic relationship with China that exists today,” Baerbock told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, as reported by the state news agency. AFPThursday (13/10/2022).
The German foreign minister said the lesson of German policy towards Russia was “that we no longer make ourselves existentially dependent on any country that does not share our values,” he said.
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Germany is hit by the energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine because Russia has cut off essential gas supplies, causing prices to skyrocket.
China is an important trading partner for Germany, particularly for its flagship automotive industry.
However, relations have soured due to China’s strict zero-COVID policy, escalating tensions in Taiwan, and concerns over human rights issues in the Muslim-dominated Xinjiang region.
Earlier, at a business summit on Tuesday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz singled out China as an example of a country where Germany should maintain trade relations.
“We must not separate ourselves from some countries, we must continue to do business with individual countries – and I will say this explicitly, even with China“He said.
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