MERICS Forum: The next German government's China policy
Thorsten Benner
Jörn-Carsten Gottwald
Cora Francisca Jungbluth
Jürgen Matthes
Hanns W. Maull
Wolfgang Niedermark
Germany's China strategy, passed by the outgoing government in July 2023, acknowledges that China has become a major challenge. But the country has been struggling to find the right balance between business and politics – and between national and European approaches.
Ahead of the Federal Election in February, we asked leading experts to share their assessment on the following question in this issue of MERICS Forum: “What should the next German government prioritize and/or implement (differently) in China policy?”.
About authors
Thorsten Benner
Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi)
Director
Jörn-Carsten Gottwald
East Asian Politics at the Ruhr University Bochum
Chair
Cora Francisca Jungbluth
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Senior Expert China and Asia-Pacific
Jürgen Matthes
Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW)
Head of the International Economic Policy, Financial and Real Estate Markets Cluster
Hanns W. Maull
MERICS Senior Associate Fellow
Adjunct Professor at the Bologna Center of the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Wolfgang Niedermark
BDI
Member of the Executive Board