Overview
- CDU/CSU and SPD submitted a proposal to create a commission to examine security-relevant economic relations with China and recommend policy changes.
- Parliamentary groups will vet the motion internally early next week before a scheduled Bundestag debate and vote on Friday.
- The panel would map dependencies and vulnerabilities in value chains, energy and critical raw-material imports, and scrutinize Chinese involvement in critical infrastructure.
- Roughly a dozen experts from foundations, industry associations, research institutes and unions are slated to serve, with annual public reports and semiannual briefings to the economic committee.
- The review comes as Berlin backs protections for steel and faces rising Chinese competition in electric vehicles, with Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil planning a November trip to Beijing after a recent foreign-minister visit was canceled.