In Germany and Europe, the takeover of robot manufacturer KUKA AG by the Chinese Midea Group Co., Ltd. in 2017 raised … that takeovers of European firms by Chinese investors may also have the key objective of technology transfer. Moreover …, Chinese state capitalism generates increasingly problematic distortions of competition on the world market. However, Chinese …

Chinese resistance. Nor, despite massive pressure, especially from the USA, has China so far made any substantial concessions …. These measures will serve the dual purpose of preparing for a further increase in Chinese competitive distortions on the … Chinese government continues to reject reform of the respective WTO rules, the multilateral trading system risks permanent …

The usual positive effects of foreign investments are only valid to a limited extent for company takeovers by Chinese … concerns are exacerbated by the continuing competitive distortions of Chinese state capitalism. Therefore, tighter restrictions …

available evidence on the Chinese subsidy system shows that China subsidizes state-owned and private enterprises to an extensive … attach (rather or very) high importance to competitive pressure from Chinese companies. It is also clear that Chinese … competition is much higher. To the question of whether subsidies give Chinese competitors a competitive advantage, 39 percent of …

manufacturing and industrial services sectors shows that around 350 of the companies surveyed have Chinese competitors in their … companies for which Chinese competitive pressure has increased or has increased significantly in the last five years and which …

German industry. By contrast, the industry in Japan, which is much closer to China, is a lot more dependent on Chinese …