SATISH SHARMA - not just Rotigraphy.: Germany is trying to identify “China’s economic vulnerabilities” as though that could somehow reverse the decline of German industry.

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Germany is trying to identify “China’s economic vulnerabilities” as though that could somehow reverse the decline of German industry.

Its energy costs remain a burden.
Its manufacturers are relocating.
Its industrial base is eroding.

Yet Berlin imagines it can defeat the world’s largest manufacturing power by discovering a few pressure points on a spreadsheet.

China enters every round of competition with weaknesses—and leaves with a more complete industrial chain.

Germany enters with lectures—and leaves with fewer factories.

Germany’s industrial myth is over, yet Berlin still pretends it can win the next industrial century.

“Blame China” may be the only industry Germany still knows how to protect.

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German officials are working behind the scenes to identify Chinese economic vulnerabilities that they could exploit if the EU finds itself in a trade war https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-28/germany-maps-china-s-weaknesses-in-preparation-for-a-trade-war?taid=6a685e00d247b30001e6a99c&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_content=business&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter