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Economic honeymoon between China and Germany fades
Once close trading partners, China and Germany are now rethinking their business relationship and shifting their focus to other markets
China accounted for a fifth of BMW's sales last year, well above the 13 per cent the company makes in Germany. Photo: Bloomberg
As Xi Jinping prepares to make the first trip to Germany by a Chinese president in eight years, lofty goals to boost trade between the world's top exporters look out of reach, and German firms are beginning to rethink their aggressive push into China.