Merz great need to visit China as German economy faces real reckoning-China prefers Merz over Macron

Описание: Merz visit to China is now the latest edition in a wave of western leaders like Macron, Starmer, Carny and others, wanting to renew ties with China. After years of China bashing, European leaders are compelled to visit China, face a real reckoning.

Merz has pushed this visit away for a long time, but now fact is that he has to face the music. There is now a real reckoning coming for the German economy, because of 3 intertwined shocks: loss of cheap Russian energy,, mounting bureaucracy in Europe, and intense competition from China in sectors where Germany was traditionally very strong.

Now, there is a lot more to this visit than reported in the press. In fact I would argue that Merz's visit contrary to Macron’s visit has the potential to really reset European-China relations, but only if Europe really commits to it, which of course is highly questionable, vassalized as they are to the Americans..

So today we talk about why it took Merz 9 months to visit China, in contrast fi. to Angela merkel which visited China twice per year,. We discuss the real reckoning that Germany is indeed facing and how China can help Germany - if China wants. We discuss how China sees Merz and why the Chinese prefer to deal with him and not that much with Macron, which is of course Merz great opponent on the European stage. And we talk about why now the Chinese are dangling the prospect of a European-China free trade agreement on front of Merz’s eyes.

0:00 Merz visit to China, facing a real reckoning
02:09 Why Merz only visits China after 9 months in office
03:37 Germany has a massive China problem: trade imbalance & raw materials
05:58 Germany deindustrialization in full swing
07:28 Germany is facing a bigger threat from China, than the UK or Canada
8:44 Merz has changed tone on China, more pragmatic, wants to build relationship with Xi
11:24 What will Merz discuss with China?
14:08 What does China want from Merz? First time in the spotlight in China
16:41 China wants Merz to be the frontrunner in Europe to strike a free trade deal
18:27 China prefers Merz over Macron
19:41 Despite derisking, Will China and Europe/Merz find new momentum?
21:33 Merz’ visit is more important than others, and will have consequences for Europe

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