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As bilateral tensions between the US/EU and China grow, all parties are extending their decoupling toolbox to increase leverage. China created the legal foundation in 2020 and 2021 introducing several new instruments to retaliate against US trade sanctions. While these instruments give the Chinese government sweeping power to retaliate against US measures, their actual implementation has remained slow.
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Xi Jinping receives a foreign head of state in China for the first time since the Winter Olympics. The meeting with Indonesia's President Joko Widodo is a strategic move – on both sides.
By Michael Radunski
The country presentations at the Consumer Products Hainan Expo show the status of German-Chinese relations – and how other countries deal with China. German exhibitors are not even mentioned by the exhibition and are only active on the sidelines. France, on the other hand, is the guest of honor.
By Frank Sieren