BusinessPhoto: Mercator Institute for China StudiesGermany Faces Strategic Challenges in Cleantech Relations with China
German stakeholders in the cleantech sector face a strategic trilemma involving security, economic, and decarbonization interests in relation to China. While positions often conflict, areas of consensus offer opportunities to integrate economic viability, decarbonization, and European security. A coherent cleantech strategy with political ownership is needed, linking climate and energy targets to industrial policy to boost investment, innovation, and cooperation with China.
Mercator Institute for China Studies·


