{"id":304976,"date":"2025-12-26T18:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T18:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-germany-finds-it-so-hard-to-handle-china-berlin-briefing-podcast\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T18:00:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T18:00:24","slug":"why-germany-finds-it-so-hard-to-handle-china-berlin-briefing-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-germany-finds-it-so-hard-to-handle-china-berlin-briefing-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Germany finds it so hard to handle China | Berlin Briefing Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/yZbwrUf-cbw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why Germany finds it so hard to handle China | Berlin Briefing Podcast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yZbwrUf-cbw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>2025 has exposed Germany&#8217;s dependence on China, as a source of rare earths and as a market and production site for its carmakers and other major industries. Berlin says it&#8217;s committed to &quot;de-risking&quot; the relationship. But is it serious? Or is it in too deep? As Chancellor Friedrich Merz prepares to visit Xi Jinping in early 2026, Richard Walker sat down with experts Noah Barkin and Clifford Coonan to analyze Germany&#8217;s options. <\/p>\n<p>DW Berlin Briefing newsletter<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/berlinbriefing\/a-56770271 <\/p>\n<p>DW Berlin Briefing on<br \/>\nApple Podcasts: https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/dw-berlin-briefing-inside-german-politics\/id1775699172<br \/>\nSpotify: https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/07Wp4c6w9qVIYmB7JIbFBZ  <\/p>\n<p>RSS feed DW Berlin Briefing: https:\/\/rss.dw.com\/xml\/podcast_Berlin_Briefing <\/p>\n<p>CHAPTERS:<br \/>\n00:00 Dependency diagnosis<br \/>\n03:48 A long story of growth<br \/>\n05:56 Raw materials<br \/>\n08:31 \u201cLiberation Day\u201d<br \/>\n13:41 Export controls<br \/>\n15:38 Rare earth \u201cgeneral licenses\u201d<br \/>\n17:17 China&#8217;s sluggish economy<br \/>\n19:34 A changing relationship<br \/>\n21:41 Chinese-built VW cars?<br \/>\n24:07 German deindustrialization<br \/>\n26:12 A German Donald Trump?<br \/>\n27:43 Less welcome guests<br \/>\n28:49 Detox-strategy<br \/>\n31:23 Words vs. actions<br \/>\n32:58 Can the EU help?<br \/>\n34:23 Merz&#8217; hands-off approach<br \/>\n36:38 The Taiwan contingency<br \/>\n42:36 India as a substitute?<br \/>\n45:10 Merz\u2019 message to companies<br \/>\n46:02 Outro <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 has exposed Germany&#8217;s dependence on China, as a source of rare earths and as a market and production site for its carmakers and other major industries. 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