THE GUARDIAN VIEW ON VOLKSWAGEN’S CRISIS: ANOTHER WAKE-UP CALL FOR GERMANY AND THE EU | EDITORIAL
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Robust action is needed to protect European industries from unfair competition. The alternative is social strife amid growing insecurity According to a recent analysis, China enjoys a surplus in its manufactured goods trade with the European Union that is roughly equivalent to Italy’s national…
That trade disparity, it is estimated, continues to grow by about 30% each year. The stark implication, according to a paper from Centre for European Reform, is that Europe, with Germany in the frontline, risks “deindustrialisation at China’s hand”. The gravity of the threat was grimly evident in the car industry last week, as Volkswagen’s supervisory board met to discuss radical proposals to cut 100,000 jobs – around a sixth of the company’s global workforce –…
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- Topic: CHINA — the feed headline centres on GUARDIAN, VIEW, VOLKSWAGEN, CRISIS, ANOTHER.
- Original feed: China | The Guardian.
- Published: 13 Jul 2026, 18:46 UK.
- Coverage checked: 1 distinct source and 0 closely matched related stories.
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- China | The Guardian: Robust action is needed to protect European industries from unfair competition.
- China | The Guardian: The alternative is social strife amid growing insecurity According to a recent analysis, China enjoys a surplus in its manufactured goods trade with the European Union that is roughly equivalent to Italy’s national…
- China | The Guardian: That trade disparity, it is estimated, continues to grow by about 30% each year.
- China | The Guardian: The stark implication, according to a paper from Centre for European Reform, is that Europe, with Germany in the frontline, risks “deindustrialisation at China’s hand”.
- China | The Guardian: The gravity of the threat was grimly evident in the car industry last week, as Volkswagen’s supervisory board met to discuss radical proposals to cut 100,000 jobs – around a sixth of the company’s global workforce –…
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